Richards v. Harvey

It is well settled that a petition for certiorari which contains no adequate or legal assignment of error is absolutely void and should not be sanctioned; but, if such a petition be sanctioned, it should be dismissed upon the hearing. Partee v. Peters, 33 Ga. App. 694 (137 S. E. 660). The instant case was an action for purchase-money, instituted by attachment, and was tried before a jury. A verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $1,135. The defendant obtained the writ of certiorari. In the petition for certiorari the only allegations of error were as follows:…