Roach v. Sulter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari. Statute of limitations. New trial. Before Judge James Johnson. Chatham county. At Chambers. June 25, 1874. At the May term, 1873, of the city court of Savannah, the above stated cause was tried, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Suiter. Roach brought said cause, by writ of error, to this court. All the errors complained of may be comprised in the two general grounds that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence.
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Certiorari. Statute of limitations. New trial. Before Judge James Johnson. Chatham county. At Chambers. June 25, 1874. At the May term, 1873, of the city court of Savannah, the above stated cause was tried, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Suiter. Roach brought said cause, by writ of error, to this court. All the errors complained of may be comprised in the two general grounds that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence. No motion for a new trial was made. When the case was called in this court, on motion of counsel for defendant in error, the writ of error…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. The constitution gives a writ of error to this court from the decisions of the city court, and there is, also, by the constitution, a certiorari allowed to issue by the judge of the superior court to correct the errors of all inferior judicatures. On the writ of error filed to this court the plaintiff’s case was dismissed. Until that dismissal was had the case was not finally disposed of by the city court. Its judgment was suspended, superseded by the writ of error. Under the decision of this court, in 22 Georgia, 359, the party had his three months from the dismissal to apply…
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