Richter v. Harris

George H. Richter sued Roy V. Harris and John W. Greer, speaker and clerk, respectively, of the House of Representatives of Georgia, to recover general, exemplary, temperate, and nominal damages for infringing, invading, and preventing the exercise of petitioner’s right under the constitution of Georgia to petition for a redress of grievances. He alleged, that he had delivered to the clerk a petition for the redress of grievances, addressed to the House, which is vested with the sole power of impeachment, seeking the impeachment of certain officers; that it was the duty of the clerk to…