Legal Opinion · Dissent

Cooper v. Ricketts

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 8, 1975No. 50455Published

1DissentEvans, Judge

The lower court sustained defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and I respectfully dissent.

This is a trover suit by Selmer L. Cooper, Jr., a state prisoner, for the recovery of certain personal property which disappeared soon after he was transferred from Reidsville Prison to Jackson Diagnostic Center.

His complaint alleges that on April 15, 1974, at approximately 11 a.m., he was ordered to pack his personal property and prepare to transfer from Reidsville Prison to Jackson Diagnostic Center; that he arrived at Jackson Diagnostic Center on the following day at approximately 2:30 a.m., and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Holland v. Sanfax CorporationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  2. McCarty v. National Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  3. PLANTERS RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. v. ChanceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  5. Woods v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956

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