Legal Opinion
Hammond v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 15, 1882PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Laws. Removal of Causes. Before Judge HARRIS. Coweta Superior Court. September Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This was an application to remove a case pending in the superior court of Coweta county. On demurrer to the application, it was dismissed, and that judgment is assigned as error.
The application is made on the ground that the defendant cannot obtain justice in the state court, and the proper affidavit to that effect is made and appears of record in the .case.
The demurrer appears to be special, and rests on two grounds: First, that the suit was brought in 1858, and the first trial term thereof in the state court has long passed, and therefore the application comes too…
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