Legal Opinion

Rogers v. Bennett

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 7, 1887PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Certiorari. Appeal. Justices and Justice Courts. Before Judge Brown. Cobb County. At Chambers, October 9, 1886. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

This was an action in a justice’s court to recover possession of property in which bail was required. The justice faded to comply with the statute as to making out and serving the bail process. A motion was made to dismiss the action upon this ground, when it came up for hearing before him, and that motion prevailed. The amount being more than $50, the party took an appeal from that *708judgment to the superior court. The fact of this dismissal appearing on the inspection of the papers at the hearing of the appeal, the judge ordered the appeal to be dismissed, holding that there was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Boroughs v. White & StoneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brown v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  2. Humphries v. BlalockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Dawson v. GarlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  4. Maddox v. WitteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
  5. Hollis v. DosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901

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