OF CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY, ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA, AT ATLANTA. PARTS OF JUNE TERM, 1870, AND JANUARY TERM, 1871. VOLUME XLI. By N. J. HAMMOND, Reporter. MACON, GEORGIA: J. W. BURKE & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1871. M1021 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by N. J. HAMMOND, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA, DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS. HON. JOSEPH E. BROWN, CHIEF JUSTICE.....Atlanta. HON. O. A. LOCHRANE,* CHIEF JUSTICE...... Atlanta. HON. H. K. McCAY. HON. HIRAM WARNER...................... N. J. HAMMOND, REPORTER.. ..Americus. Greenville. ...Atlanta. B. B. DEGRAFFENREID,† CLERK............ Milledgeville. Z. D. HARRISON, CLERK..... Atlanta. JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS. Atlanta Circuit.......... Brunswick Circuit.. HON. JOHN D. POPE....... ..HON. W. M. SESSIONS Blue Ridge Circuit.........Hox. NOEL. B. KNIGHT.. Chattahoochee Circuit...... HON. JAMES JOHNSON...... Cherokee Circuit......... .HON. JOSIAH R. PARROTT.... Coweta Circuit........ Eastern Circuit... HON. JOHN S. BIGBY.......... ....HON. WILLIAM SCHLEY......... .Atlanta. ... Marietta. .Blackshear. .... Columbus. ..Cartersville. Newnan. ..Savannah. HON. GARNETT ANDREWS............ Washington. ....HON. PHILLIP B. KOBINSON.... ...HON. DAVID R. HARRELL....... .HON. F. A. KIRBY.. ..Greensboro. .Preston. ...HON. JOHN R. ALEXANDER Thomasville. ..HON. JOHN S. BIGBY.. .Newnan. ...Monroe. Western Circuit..............Hox. C. D. DAVIS...... *BROWN, C. J., resigned in December, 1870, and LOCHRANE, C. J., was appointed by the Governor in January, 1871. Harrison was appointed in January, 1871, DeGraffenreid having died. |