Churchill v. Bee & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
William C. Bee & Co. filed their bill 2nd March, 1877, against Martha W. Williams (now Martha W. Churchill), the widow and executrix of Mortimer H. Williams, Sen., alleging, in brief, as follows : Mortimer H. Williams, Sen., on 28th October, 1874, purchased of John T. Blacklock the eastern one-third of a lot of land in Savannah, known as “the Johnson wharf property,” giving his note for part of the purchase money for five thousand dollars, with interest at 10 per cent., one…
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William C. Bee & Co. filed their bill 2nd March, 1877, against Martha W. Williams (now Martha W. Churchill), the widow and executrix of Mortimer H. Williams, Sen., alleging, in brief, as follows : Mortimer H. Williams, Sen., on 28th October, 1874, purchased of John T. Blacklock the eastern one-third of a lot of land in Savannah, known as “the Johnson wharf property,” giving his note for part of the purchase money for five thousand dollars, with interest at 10 per cent., one half payable in one and the other in - two years, and secured the same by a mortgage on said land, which notes and…
1Opinion of the Court
JACICSON, Chief Justice.
1. The motion to dismiss the bill of exceptions is not granted. The decree of the court, not the verdict of the jury, is excepted to. The verdict is not complained' of, and no motion for a new trial by jury is asked for. In cases like this, where the decree bn the verdict is alone excepted to, it is not necessary to bring the testimony here, but the pleading and verdict and decree are the only matters needed to elucidate the errors complained of.' The writ of error thus founded on errors of the chancellor in framing the decree will not be dismissed for want of the…
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