Case Name: M. M. Tidwell, plaintiff in error, vs. John T. Hewell et al., defendants in error
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1872-07
Citations: 46 Ga. 222
Docket Number: 
Parties: M. M. Tidwell, plaintiff in error, vs. John T. Hewell et al., defendants in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 222–223

Head Matter:
M. M. Tidwell, plaintiff in error, vs. John T. Hewell et al., defendants in error.
A judgment based upon a noté for the hire of a negro, being the oldest, is entitled to a fund in Court for distribution. (R.)
Constitutional law. Negro hire. Money rule. Before Judge Wright. Fayette Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1871.
For the facts of this case, see the decision.
Tidwell & Fears, for plaintiff in error.
J. L. Blalock ; R. S. Dorsey, for defendants.

Opinion:
Warner, Chief Justice.
This case came before the Court below on a motion to distribute money in the hands of the Clerk. The law and the facts, by agreement of the parties, was submitted to the presiding Judge for his decision, and, after hearing the evidence, decided that Tidwell's judgment, (which was admitted to be the oldest,) was not entitled to be paid, because the note on which it was founded had been given for negro hire. This decision of the Court was error.
Let the judgment of the Court below be reversed.