Causey v. Wiley, Banks & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Crawford Superior Court. Tried before Judge Lamas, at September Term, 1858. This was a bill originally filed by Lemon M. Causey, against Wiley, Banks & Co., and others. The complainant subsequently dying, his executor, Samuel IJ. Causey, was made the party complainant, in whose name the cause proceeded to a hearing.
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In Equity, in Crawford Superior Court. Tried before Judge Lamas, at September Term, 1858. This was a bill originally filed by Lemon M. Causey, against Wiley, Banks & Co., and others. The complainant subsequently dying, his executor, Samuel IJ. Causey, was made the party complainant, in whose name the cause proceeded to a hearing. The object of the bill was to relieve complainant from liability on three promissory notes, each for ft ,200 00, given to Wiley, Banks & Co., signed by William J. Causey, as priucipal, and the said Lemon M. Causey, as security, on the ground that said Lemon M. was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This voluminous record presents points on the single issue, whether the original complainant was circumvented into the signature of the notes as surety for his son, William J. Causey. On the trial of an issue of that sort, great latitude is allowed in the admission of evidence; and circumstances, seeming to have little or no connection with the principal transaction, are often looked to, because, on a strict and close examination, they may throw light upon, and explain circumstances, which have a direct bearing upon it, and which are in…
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