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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... reason for excluding the books is a sound one . This kind of evidence is of the lowest grade , being the mere declarations of the party him- self , in writing , that another is his debtor . There can be no reliance on such a book ...
... reason for excluding the books is a sound one . This kind of evidence is of the lowest grade , being the mere declarations of the party him- self , in writing , that another is his debtor . There can be no reliance on such a book ...
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... reason for disturbing a judgment refusing a new tri- al . This Court , then , ought not to disturb the judgment of the Court below . The verdict having been for the defendant generally , the point as to whether the plaintiff , if ...
... reason for disturbing a judgment refusing a new tri- al . This Court , then , ought not to disturb the judgment of the Court below . The verdict having been for the defendant generally , the point as to whether the plaintiff , if ...
Page 63
... reason of the seizure and deten- tion by them , as the agents of the Western and Atlantic Rail- road , of a large amount of " gold and silver coin , ore , bullion , & c . , bank bills , banker's checks and drafts , acceptances and other ...
... reason of the seizure and deten- tion by them , as the agents of the Western and Atlantic Rail- road , of a large amount of " gold and silver coin , ore , bullion , & c . , bank bills , banker's checks and drafts , acceptances and other ...
Page 67
... reason , apprehending that if the application was grant- ed , and the award entered upon the minutes , they would be shut in by the Act of 1856 , to but a solitary objection , and that was fraud and corruption in the arbitrators . And ...
... reason , apprehending that if the application was grant- ed , and the award entered upon the minutes , they would be shut in by the Act of 1856 , to but a solitary objection , and that was fraud and corruption in the arbitrators . And ...
Page 86
... reason for said refusal , that there was no evi- dence that said agreement set up by defendant , in discharge of said note , was made prior to , or contemporaneously with , the giving of the note . 3d . Because the Court erred in ...
... reason for said refusal , that there was no evi- dence that said agreement set up by defendant , in discharge of said note , was made prior to , or contemporaneously with , the giving of the note . 3d . Because the Court erred in ...
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