Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 66Edward O. Jenkins, 1882 - Equity |
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... suits therefor are brought for a series of years after payment of such license taxes ; and recovery will in no case be ... suit against the Mayor , etc. , of Savan- nah , to recover money which he alleged they had unlaw- fully compelled ...
... suits therefor are brought for a series of years after payment of such license taxes ; and recovery will in no case be ... suit against the Mayor , etc. , of Savan- nah , to recover money which he alleged they had unlaw- fully compelled ...
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... suits pending against the city as the plaintiff , is sufficient in law to set up a custom so univer- sal over the city ... suit therefor . Though the law was open to resist the tax when laid and first attempted to be en- forced , it is ...
... suits pending against the city as the plaintiff , is sufficient in law to set up a custom so univer- sal over the city ... suit therefor . Though the law was open to resist the tax when laid and first attempted to be en- forced , it is ...
Page 72
... suit for damages from overflow of land below the reservoir of a city , the law is similar to that in case of damages from ordinary mill - dams . 6. In a suit by the owner of property on the course of a stream below the reservoir ...
... suit for damages from overflow of land below the reservoir of a city , the law is similar to that in case of damages from ordinary mill - dams . 6. In a suit by the owner of property on the course of a stream below the reservoir ...
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... suit on the judgment . The latter remedy may be commenced within three years from the dormancy of the judgment . This is the limitation expressly fixed , and we can see no reason why , if instead of bringing suit the plaintiff elects to ...
... suit on the judgment . The latter remedy may be commenced within three years from the dormancy of the judgment . This is the limitation expressly fixed , and we can see no reason why , if instead of bringing suit the plaintiff elects to ...
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... Suit was instituted by Kirkpatrick against the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company for killing a horse by the running of its train , in the justice court at Cartersville , in Bartow county , and judgment rendered against the company ...
... Suit was instituted by Kirkpatrick against the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company for killing a horse by the running of its train , in the justice court at Cartersville , in Bartow county , and judgment rendered against the company ...
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Page 375 - In the removal of a cause from a State to a Federal court...
Page 374 - ... at any time before the trial or final hearing of the suit, if before or at the time of filing said petition he makes and files in said state court an affidavit stating that he has reason to believe, and does believe, that, from prejudice or local influence, he will not be able to obtain justice in such state court.
Page 376 - That if a suit be commenced in any state court against an alien, or by a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought against a citizen of another state...
Page 223 - State one year next preceding the election, and shall have resided six months in the county in which he offers to vote, and shall have paid all taxes which may hereafter be required of him, and which he may have had an opportunity of paying, agreeably to law, except for the year of the election, shall be deemed an elector...
Page 140 - That where one of the original parties to the contract or cause of action in issue and on trial, is dead, or is shown to the court to be insane ; or when an executor or administrator is a party, the other party shall not be admitted to testify in his own favor...
Page 408 - Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State, and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law. No general law affecting private rights, shall be varied in any particular case, by special legislation, except with the free consent, in writing, of all persons to be affected thereby ; and no person under legal disability to contract, is capable of such consent.
Page 179 - ... private capacities, and an action of debt may in such case be brought against them, or any of them, their or any of their heirs, executors or administrators, in any court...
Page 377 - ... is a suit in which there can be a final determination of the controversy, so far as concerns him, without the presence of the other defendants as parties in the cause.
Page 370 - And where a suit is now pending, or may be hereafter brought in any state court in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state...
Page 147 - Involuntary manslaughter shall •consist in the killing of a human being without any intent to do so. in the •commission of an unlawful act, or a lawful act, which probably might produce such a consequence, in an unlawful manner...