Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 25Edward O. Jenkins, 1859 - Equity |
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... paid out of the proceeds of the crops made by the family up to the present year ; does not know what went with the mo- ney paid for the negro Caroline , but supposes that it went to pay for provisions . At the time Shipp bought the ...
... paid out of the proceeds of the crops made by the family up to the present year ; does not know what went with the mo- ney paid for the negro Caroline , but supposes that it went to pay for provisions . At the time Shipp bought the ...
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... paid for her ; John Parker had very little property besides that contained in the deed when the deed was made , and that consisted of household and kitch- en furniture , with perhaps a small stock of hogs and cattle . Here plaintiffs ...
... paid for her ; John Parker had very little property besides that contained in the deed when the deed was made , and that consisted of household and kitch- en furniture , with perhaps a small stock of hogs and cattle . Here plaintiffs ...
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... paid to him , although the work was not done , if he was prevented by the act of God from finishing it . There is no such principle . He might , in such case , be entitled , on a quantum meruit count , to recover Doster vs. Brown . for ...
... paid to him , although the work was not done , if he was prevented by the act of God from finishing it . There is no such principle . He might , in such case , be entitled , on a quantum meruit count , to recover Doster vs. Brown . for ...
Page 32
... paid the wages monthly to the father . Anoth- er witness hired another one of these negroes from the old man , for one year , and returned the slave before the old man died . Another witness hired another one of these negroes six or ...
... paid the wages monthly to the father . Anoth- er witness hired another one of these negroes from the old man , for one year , and returned the slave before the old man died . Another witness hired another one of these negroes six or ...
Page 42
... paid ; on the death of the purchaser insolvent , is entitled to have the land sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of his debt , and the excess alone can be claimed by the creditors . [ 2. ] The vendor , in such case , cannot ...
... paid ; on the death of the purchaser insolvent , is entitled to have the land sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of his debt , and the excess alone can be claimed by the creditors . [ 2. ] The vendor , in such case , cannot ...
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