Hitch v. Lambright

Speer, Justice.

Hitch brought his rule in Glynn superior courti against defendant as a justice of the peace, alleging that on the loth day of May, 1879, he placed in the hands of defendant, as a justice of the peace, a note for suit and collection, on which there was a balance of $49.00 due; that the maker was solvent, and that defendant in error had failed and refused to collect said note. He prayed for an order requiring defendant in error to pay to him the amount of the unpaid balance.

Defendant answered the rule, admitting the allegations therein, and saying, that as soon as said note was…