Spires v. Walker

Supreme Court of Georgia

Spires v. Walker

41 Ga. 200

DecidedJune 15, 1870

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Spires v. Walker, 41 Ga. 200 (Ga. 1870).

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WARNER, J.

According to the ruling of a majority of this Court in Shorter v. Cobb, 39th Ga. Rep., 285, and White v. Hart, Ib. 306, it was held and decided, that the Courts of this State have no jurisdiction or authority, to enforce any debt the consideration of which was a slave or slaves. This case comes within the rulings of the Court in the two cases cited, and must be controlled by them. Let the judgment of the Court below be reversed.

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WARNER, J.

According to the ruling of a majority of this Court in Shorter v. Cobb, 39th Ga. Rep., 285, and White v. Hart, Ib. 306, it was held and decided, that the Courts of this State have no jurisdiction or authority, to enforce any debt the consideration of which was a slave or slaves. This case comes within the rulings of the Court in the two cases cited, and must be controlled by them. Let the judgment of the Court below be reversed.

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41 Ga. 200, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/spires-v-walker-ga-1870.