Bell v. Bowdoin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Illegality — appeal. Before Judge Reagan. Butts superior court. March 18, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
It appears from the record that Bowdoin obtained a judgment against Bell in a justice’s court, upon a promissory note. Execution was issued thereon and levied upon the property of Bell; whereupon he filed his affidavit of illegality on numerous grounds, one of them being that the judgment entered by the magistrate was too vague and uncertain. The record discloses that the judgment entered on the docket of the magistrate was, “Judgment for plaintiff for his principal sum, and interest at eight per cent, after maturity, and all future interest and cost of suit.” The note sued on was for $61.10…
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