Wright v. Central Rail-Road
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debt, in Bibb Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers, November Term, 1853. This was an action of debt, brought by tlie^Central Rail-road and Banking Company, against Uel Wright and others, on the following bond: ■“ Georgia — DeKalb County : Know all men by these presents, that we, U. L. Wright, Isaac Scott, James D. Carhart, William B: Carhart, James T. Doane, James Robinson, Terrence Doonan, Joseph Thompson and William B. Davis, are held and firmly bound unto the Central…
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Debt, in Bibb Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers, November Term, 1853. This was an action of debt, brought by tlie^Central Rail-road and Banking Company, against Uel Wright and others, on the following bond: ■“ Georgia — DeKalb County : Know all men by these presents, that we, U. L. Wright, Isaac Scott, James D. Carhart, William B: Carhart, James T. Doane, James Robinson, Terrence Doonan, Joseph Thompson and William B. Davis, are held and firmly bound unto the Central Rail-i;oad & Banking Company of Georgia, in the full sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be paid to the said Company or its…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] Did the Court err in rejecting the testimony of Plant? It was proposed to prove two facts by this witness — First, That he was the agent of the Marine Insurance Bank, and that it was the custom of that Bank to furnish its agents with a suitable place and iron-safes for keeping, securely, the funds in their hands; and Secondly, that banks and other custodions of money, do not look to doors and windows for protection, but to their vaults and strong boxes.
We see no error in the Court, in refusing to admit that portion of the testimony, which…
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