White Star Line Steamboat Co. v. County of Gordon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Justice courts. Jurisdiction. Damages. Counties. Amendment. Before Judge Maddox. Gordon superior-court. ' August term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. The suits in the justice s court were for damages to the plaintiff, the steamboat company, by reason of the detention of one of their steamers at the Calhoun bridge upon the Oostanaula river. We have, then, the question whether a justice’s court has jurisdiction over-eases of this character. The jurisdiction is rested by the plaintiff in error upon the constitution, (code, §5152,) which declares that justices of the peace have jurisdiction in cases of injuries or damages to personal property, where the principal sum does not exceed $100. It is said that damages to…
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