Tyler Cotton Press Co. v. Chevalier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction. Damages. City Court of Savannah. Certiorari. Presumptions. Accord and satisfaction. Estoppel. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
1. This was a suit brought by Chevalier against the Cotton Press Company for the breach of a contract of hire. The first question made by the record is in respect to the jurisdiction of the court. The suit was to the city court; its jurisdiction is limited to $1,000 00, and the proof of the sum due the plaintiff under the contract was over that sum. The declaration contained two counts; one for damages for turning the plaintiff off, and the other on the contract. The jury found $1,000 00. The law will presume that the verdict was upon the count which sustains the jurisdiction,…
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