REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DECIDED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA AT THE OCTOBER TERM, 1894, AND MARCH TERM, 1895. VOLUME XCV. 35- PEEPLES AND STEVENS, REPORTERS. ATLANTA, GEORGIA: 1895. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1895, by THE STATE OF GEORGIA, (through H. C. Peeples, Supreme Court Reporter,) in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Tue Jan 21,1576. JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. HON. LOGAN E. BLECKLEY, Chief Justice. HON. THOMAS J. SIMMONS, HON. SAMUEL LUMPKIN, HON. SPENCER R. ATKINSON.* 66 Associate Justices. OFFICERS. HENRY C. PEEPLES, Reporter GEORGE W. STEVENS, Assistant Reporter. Z. D. HARRISON, Clerk. LOGAN BLECKLEY, Deputy Clerk. JOHN M. GRAHAM, CHARLES L. GLESSNER, Stenographers. JAMES W. VAUGHAN, Sheriff. *Chief Justice BLECKLEY resigned in October, 1894, and was succeeded by Justice SIMMONS, who was succeeded by Judge ATKINSON as Associate Justice. All head-notes were made by the court. The absence of opinions from the cases occupying pages 456-572, is explained by the note appearing at this place in volume 88. Justice LUMPKIN did not preside in two cases, pp. 501, 569. Justice ATKINSON did not preside in other cases where the decisions appear to have been made by two Justices. For the Judges of the Superior and City Courts, see next page. CIRCUIT. ALBANY ATLANTA. AUGUSTA.. JUDGE. HON. B. B. BOWER HON. J. H. LUMPKIN....... CHATTAHOOCHEE.. HON. W. B. BUTT..... CHEROKEE HON. THOMAS W. MILNER..... Columbus. Cartersville. TALLAPOOSA WESTERN HON. C. C. SMITH.. HON. JOHN L. HARDEMAN*. Macon. HON. ROGER L. GAMBLE............................ Louisville. Cleveland. Union Point. Dawson. HON. WALLER T. TURNBULL... Rome. HON. AUGUSTIN H. HANSELL... Thomasville. Americus. STONE MOUNTAIN.. HON. RICHARD H. CLARK........ Atlanta. HON. W. H. FISH......... HON. CHARLES G. JANES HON. N. L. HUTCHINS.... ............... HON, JOHN J. KIMSEY, HON. SEABORN REESE, HON. JOHN C. HART*. HON. JAMES M. GRIGGS.. JUDGES OF THE CITY COURTS. Atlanta. ATLANTA.............. HON. HOWARD VAN EPPS......... Atlanta. HON. JAMES L. WILLIS.... DECATUR COUNTY HON. DAVID A. RUSSELL.. Athens. Columbus. Bainbridge. Decatur. ELBERT COUNTY... HON, PULLIAM P. PROFFITT..... Elberton. HON. MARSHALL L. SMITH........ Gainesville. JACKSON COUNTY. HON. W. W. STARK. HON. JOHN P. Ross..... HON. ALVAN D. FREEMAN... Harmony Grove. Dublin. ..... Valdosta. Macon. MONROE COUNTY.. HON, JULIAN B. WILLIAMSON... Forsyth. NEWNAN... ་་་ Newnan. RICHMOND CO... HON. WILLIAM F. EVE....................... ........ This list includes the judges in commission at the date of publication. Many cases herein reported were tried before the predecessors of some of them, to wit: Hon. HENRY C. RONEY, Augusta circuit; Hon. JOHN J. HUNT, Flint circuit; Hon. CHARLES L. BARTLETT, Macon circuit; Hon. CARLTON J. WELLBORN, Northeastern circuit; Hon. HAMILTON MCWHORTER, Northern circuit; Hon. W. F. JENKINS, Ocmulgee circuit; Hon. W. M. HENRY, Rome circuit; Hon. T. P. WESTMORELAND, criminal court of Atlanta; Hon. SHELBY ATTAWAY, city court of Cartersville; Hon. WALLER T. TURNBULL, city court of Floyd county. Adams & Company v. Linder.. Almand v. Almand & George........... Georgia Railroad Co......... 775 American Freehold Co. v. Sharp...... 415 American National Bank v. Burbage. 503 Anderson v. Napier... 618 Brock v. State Brooks v. Mutual Loan & Bkg. Co.... 178 481 Asberry v. Phoenix Insurance Co...... 792 Burbage v. American National Bank. 503 Asher v. Cape................ Ashworth v. Harper........ Askew v. Silman... Burney v. Orme................................. 418 31 660 501 678 1 Bussey v. W. & A. Railroad Co......... 584 C Atlanta National Bank v. Wingate.. 566 555 Carey v. East Tenn. Railway Co...... 547 661 ..343, 784 516 Carver v. Dawson Water-Works Co... 565 723 Central Railroad Co. v. Cooper.......... 406 277 715 Pool. ............ 410 229 Chambers v. Vickery... 665 581 799 663 Love Bell v. State........ 138 Weyman & Connors......... 129 Bibb Manufacturing Co. v. Taylor.... 615 135 Benson v. Abbott, Parker & Co....... 69 110 Bowen v. G., J. & S. Railroad Co........ 688 Colbert v. Pope..... 778 562 791 |