Lane v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debt, in Meriwether Superior Court. Tried before Judge' Starke, February Term, 1854. -This was an action brought by Richard A. Lane, against Henry Harris. The declaration set out that Harris was a stockholder in the “ Planter’s & Mechanic’s Rank of Columbus”, to the amount of one hundred shares of stock, rated at one hundred dollars per share.
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Debt, in Meriwether Superior Court. Tried before Judge' Starke, February Term, 1854. -This was an action brought by Richard A. Lane, against Henry Harris. The declaration set out that Harris was a stockholder in the “ Planter’s & Mechanic’s Rank of Columbus”, to the amount of one hundred shares of stock, rated at one hundred dollars per share. The charter of the bank provided, “ that the persons and property of the stockholders shall be pledged and held bound, in proportion to the number of shares and the value thereof, that each individual or company may hold in said bank, for the ultimate…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court not being unanimous, the opinions of the Judges were delivered seriatim.
By the Court.
Starnes, J.
delivering the opinion.
£1.] The ground of error first assigned in this case, was the *222ruling of the Court, in withholding from the Jury the exemplifications offered by the plaintiff, showing the suit against Robert B. Alexander,' assignee, a judgment and execution thereon, &c.
The reason given for this decision of the Court below was, that in the petition there was no allegation that the charier of the Planter’s and Mechanic’s Bank had been - forfeited, and 'that an assignee had been…
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