REPORTS

OF

CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY.

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE

474

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

INCLUDING

The August Term, 1860, at Atlanta; The November Term, 1860, at
Milledgeville; The November Term, 1860, at Athens;

FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE.

WOOD, HANLEITER, RICE & Co.

1861.

JUDGES OF

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by

GEORGE N. LESTER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of Georgia.

ADING DURIN

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JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.

HON. JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN, ATHENS.
HON. RICHARD F. LYON, ATLANTA.
HON. CHARLES J. JENKINS, AUGUSTA.

GEORGE N. LESTER. Reporter, MARIETTA.
CHARLES W. DuBOSE, Clerk, SPARTA.

JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS.

PRESIDING DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

Brunswick Circuit,.

Eastern Circuit,.

Middle Circuit,.

Pataula Circuit,.

Macon Circuit,.

Hon. W. M. SESSIONS, Holmesville.
Hon. W. W. FLEMING, Savannah.

Hon. W. W. HOLT, Augusta.

Hon. W. C. PERKINS, Cuthbert.
Hon. II. G. LAMAR, Macon.

South-Western Circuit,... Hon. A. A. ALLEN, Bainbridge.
Chattahoochee Circuit,.... Hon. E. H. WORRILL, Talbotton.

Flint Circuit,...
Coweta Circuit,.
Tallapoosa Circuit,.
Blue Ridge Circuit,.
Cherokee Circuit,.
Southern Circuit..
Ocmulgee Circuit,.

Northern Circuit,.
Western Circuit,

Hon. E. G. CABANISS, Forsyth.
Hon. O. A. BULL, LaGrange.
Hon. D. F. HAMMOND, Newnan.
Hon. G. D. RICE, Marietta.
Hon. D. A. WALKER, Dalton.
Hon. A. II. HANSELL, Thomasville.
Hon. I. L. HARRIS, Milledgeville.
Hon. T. W. THOMAS, Elberton.
Hon. N. L. HUTCHINS, Lawrenceville

Barksdale vs. Smith, Bell & Oo.... 671 Denson et al. vs McLeory et al...... 536