OF

CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY,

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA,

AT ATLANTA.

Parts of July Term, 1871, and January Term, 1872.

VOLUME XLIV.

By N. J. HAMMOND, Reporter.

MACON, GEORGIA:

J. W. BURKE & CO., PUBLISHERS.

1872.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, 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. O. A. LOCHRANE, CHIEF JUSTICE............Atlanta. *HON. HIRAM WARNER, CHIEF JUSTICE.......... Greenville. HON. H. K. McCAY,.........

*HON. W. W. MONTGOMERY,

N. J. HAMMOND, REPORTER,...

Z. D. HARRISON, CLERK,.

....Americus. ........Augusta.

......Atlanta.

...Atlanta.

JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS.

.............

........Albany.

..Valdosta.
.Atlanta.

Augusta.

.Marietta.

Albany Circuit ....................... HON. PETER J. STROZIER,.
+Allapaha Circuit............ HON. J. W. O'NEAL,.....
Atlanta Circuit...............
..HON. JOHN. L. HOPKINS,
Augusta Circuit................... HON. WM. GIBSON,........
Blue Ridge Circuit.......... HoN. NOEL B. KNIGHT,.................
Brunswick Circuit
HON. W. M. SESSIONS,
............................. Blackshear.
Chattahoochee Circuit,...........Hon. JAMES JOHNSON,.......... ...... Columbus.
Cherokee Circuit..........
.......HON. JOSIAH R. PARROTT, ......... Cartersville.
Eastern Circuit................ HON. WM. SCHLEY,...
Flint Circuit..

...........

Savannah.

HON. JAMES W. GREEN,.................!
.Thomaston.

Macon Circuit.................HON. CARLTON B. COLE,.
Middle Circuit.........

Northern Circuit.......

Ocmulgee Circuit........

.....

.Macon.

.HON. HANSFORD D. D. TWIGGS......Louisville.
HON. GARNETT ANDREWS,.......... Washington.
HON. PHILIP B. ROBENSON......... Greensboro.

†Oconee Circuit........... ...HON. A. C. PATE......... ......................... Hawkinsville.

Southern Circuit..............HON. JNO. R. ALEXANDER,.
Southwestern Circuit.. HON. JAMES M. CLARK,

......

Tallapoosa Circuit.......
.........HON. WM. F. WRIGHT,

Western Circuit..

.HON. C. D. DAVIS,..

.Americus.

.......Newnan.

.......... Monroe.

WARNER was appointed Chief Justice January 19th, 1872, in lieu of LOCHRANE, C. J., resigned, and MONTGOMERY was appointed to fill WARNER'S vacancy, on 4th of February, 1872.

Allapaha Circuit was abolished and Oconee Circuit was made in December,