Case Name: Caudell et al. v. Athens Savings Bank
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-10-14
Citations: 140 Ga. 713
Docket Number: 
Parties: Caudell et al. v. Athens Savings Bank.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 713–713

Head Matter:
Caudell et al. v. Athens Savings Bank.
October 14, 1913.
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Brand. Clarke superior court. . March 31, 1913.
John J. Strickland and Blanton E. Forston, for plaintiffs.
T. S. Mell, for defendant.

Opinion:
Fish, C. J.
1. Ordinarily the minutes of a corporation show the formal actions of its directors and stockholders; and before parol evidence thereof can be introduced, they should be produced or accounted for. Parol evidence, however, is admissible to prove the unrecorded acts and transactions of corporations, or of their officers or directors. Bank of Garfield v. Clark, 138 Ga. 798 (7), 799 (76 S. E. 95) ; Fouché v. Bank, 110 Ga. 827 (6), 850 (36 S. E. 256); Ten Eyck v. Pontiac etc. R. Co., 74 Mich. 226 (41 N. W. 905, 3 L. R. A. 378, 16 Am. St. R. 633); 2 Thomp. Corp. (2d ed.) § 1842, 1847. See also Handley v. Stutz, 139 U. S. 417 (11 Sup. Ct. 530, 35 L. ed. 227).
2. It was not error to refuse to grant an interlocutory injunction.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.