Legal Opinion

Bernstein v. Clark

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 20, 1891Published

Justices’ courts. Appeal. Certiorari. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. DeKalb superior court. August term, 1890.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

From the judgment of a justice of the peace, rendered in a suit upon an account for less than fifty dollara, there being issues of fact involved, a certiorari will not lie, hut there should he an appeal to a jury in the justice’s court. Thompson v. Dodd Bros., 84 Ga. 264 ; Greenwood v. Boyd & Baxter Furniture Factory, 86 Ga. 582. Judgment reversed.

Bernstein sued Clark on an account for $18.25, as to the correctness of which issue was taken at the trial, *149both parties introducing evidence. 'After judgment by the magistrate for the plaintiff, -the defendant by certiorari assigned erroP upon…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Greenwood v. Boyd & Baxter Furniture FactorySupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
  2. Thompson v. Dodd Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1890

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