Carnes v. Mattox
Supreme Court of Georgia
Justice Courts. New Trial. Certiorari. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Harris. Heard Superior Court. March Term, 1883. Mattox sued Carnes at the August Term, 1882, of a justice’s court on an open account containing a single item, viz.: "W. C. Carnes, to Nathan Mattox. 1882. Jan’y. To $20.00, the value, of one black and white cow which W. C. Carnes killed and sold and used the proceeds to his own purpose.”
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Justice Courts. New Trial. Certiorari. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Harris. Heard Superior Court. March Term, 1883. Mattox sued Carnes at the August Term, 1882, of a justice’s court on an open account containing a single item, viz.: "W. C. Carnes, to Nathan Mattox. 1882. Jan’y. To $20.00, the value, of one black and white cow which W. C. Carnes killed and sold and used the proceeds to his own purpose.” On the trial, the evidence showed, in brief, as follows: Plaintiff rented land to one Dick Wood, and through him, furnished provisions to Fed Crain, alias Fed Wood, charging the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
It appears that Mattox sued Carnes in a justice’s courts that to the summons was attached an account containing a single item, charging the defendant “to $20.00, the value of one black and white cow, which he killed and sold, and used the proceeds to his own purpose.”
The case was tried by a jury, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, upon which a judgment was entered. This was carried to the superior court by a writ of certiorari, which, upon the hearing, was dismissed, with direction to the plaintiff in the suit to writeoff the interest (93 cents) found by the jury, which was…
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