In 1839, Joseph and Mary Frost and John L. Martin filed a complaint against Dempsey Connelly and Gilbert Greer, executors of the estate of Hiram Buckley, deceased, to gain possession of the estate's slaves. In 1841, the Superior Court decided in favor of the complainants. Connelly and Greer have discovered that Pierce A. Lewis, one of the witnesses in the original suit, had an interest in the outcome of the trial. Martin is an insolvent debtor and owed Lewis a great deal of money. When Connelly and Greer delivered the slaves, Lewis took them into his possession as payment of Martin's debt, and removed them to Alabama. Connelly and Greer argue that this discovery renders the decision null and void. However, in 1842, Martin and the Frosts initiated another suit against Connelly and Greer to recover the $2,557 for the hire of the slaves. Connelly and Greer aver that this case is based on the fraudulent decision of the first case. They ask the court to enjoin Martin and the Frosts from further prosecuting their suit and to declare the decision of the first case null and void.
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Repository: Coweta County Courthouse, Newnan, Georgia
