Legal Opinion

Water Power & Mining Co. v. Arnold

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 14, 1919No. 1097PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 22 Ga. App. 504. The Water Power and Mining Company of Georgia, a corporation, sued out a disposscssory warrant against Arnold, for the purpose of evicting him as a tenant holding over. Arnold filed a counter-affidavit, in which he denied the tenancy, but asserted that he was in- possession of the premises in his own right.

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Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 22 Ga. App. 504. The Water Power and Mining Company of Georgia, a corporation, sued out a disposscssory warrant against Arnold, for the purpose of evicting him as a tenant holding over. Arnold filed a counter-affidavit, in which he denied the tenancy, but asserted that he was in- possession of the premises in his own right. By amendment he averred that he had acquired the title from the mining company after the creation of the tenancy, and that he was the holder of a perfect equitable- title to the premises. The issue thus made was heard and determined at…

1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.

The statement that the docket of the March term, 1917, of the Court of Appeals had, by order of the Judges, been closed prior to June 14, 1917, the date on which the record was actually transmitted to the Court of Appeals, is justified. In paragraph 9 of section 2 of article 6 of the constitution this provision is found: “All writs of error in the Court of Appeals, when received by its clerk during a term of the court and before the docket of the term is by order of the court closed, shall be entered thereon, and when received at any other time shall be entered on the docket of the next term,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Doe ex dem. Truluck v. PeeplesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1846
  2. Griffin v. SissonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  3. Temple Baptist Church v. Georgia Terminal Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1907

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Georgia Sweet Potato Growers Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  2. Tingle v. Atlanta Federal Savings & Loan AssnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  3. Howell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922

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