Macon & Augusta Railroad v. Bass
Macon & Augusta Railroad v. Bass
Opinion of the Court
These two cases turn upon the decision of this court in Adams vs. Davis, 47 Georgia, 343. We have there fully gone into the reasons of our decision, and after full consideration a majority of the court, as at present organized, affirm that decision.
Judgment affirmed.
Trippe, Judge, concurred, but furnished no opinion.
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
The only question made in this case is whether the plaintiff had the right to recommence his action under the provisions of the 2932d section of the Code. In my judgment it had that right or privilege, for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in the case of Adams vs. Davis et al., 47 Georgia Reports, 343. There is nothing in the case of Harrison vs. Walker, 1 Kelly, 32, in conflict with, the views taken by me of this question in Adams vs. Davis. In that case the court held that the act of 1767 was expressly revived and declared to be the law of the land by the act of December, 1806, which expressly repealed the act of June, 1806, which gave to plaintiffs the right to renew their suits within six months, and that being so, there was no law of force in the state which would authorize the plaintiff to renew his suit within six months; and to have held otherwise, would have been con
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