Commissioners of Bartow County v. Newell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Confederate States. Laws. Bonds. County Matters. Contracts. Before Judge McCutchen. Bartow Superior Court. July Term, 1879. In 1862 Newell was residing in Georgia, though he claimed Illinois as his home, and went to that state during the said year. When he went away from Georgia, he left some money, consisting of bills of the Central Railroad & Banking Company and the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company in the hands of one Howard, as his agent, for investment.
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Evidence. Confederate States. Laws. Bonds. County Matters. Contracts. Before Judge McCutchen. Bartow Superior Court. July Term, 1879. In 1862 Newell was residing in Georgia, though he claimed Illinois as his home, and went to that state during the said year. When he went away from Georgia, he left some money, consisting of bills of the Central Railroad & Banking Company and the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company in the hands of one Howard, as his agent, for investment. In 1863 the • county of Bartow issued bonds in order to raise money for the support of the indigent and needy families of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
Certain bonds were issued by the county of Bartow during the war between the Confederate and the United States, in 1862, and this suit was brought against the county on two of them ; the jury found for the plaintiff, and the defendants excepted to the refusal of the court to grant a new trial. The bonds were issued to support the poor families of soldiers in the Confederate army, and the widows and orphans of those who had died in the service.
Three points are made in the motion for a new trial— first, that the court erred in admitting in evidence pamphlets purporting to be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Akin v. OrdinarySupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
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- Commissioners v. ConyersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889