Legal Opinion · Dissent

Stephens v. City of Crawfordville

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 22, 1914No. 6119Published

Certiorari; from Taliaferro superior court—Judge Walker. October 30, 1914.

1DissentBroyles, J.

I think there was some evidence, though weak, to support the judgment of the recorder in this case; and, as held by this court in Backus v. City of Atlanta, 7 Ga. App. 397 (66 S. E. 1036), “On the trial of one charged with the violation of a city ordinance, the credibility of testimony is for determination exclusively by the municipal official trying the case; and his finding will not be interfered with where there is any evidence to support it, especially where it is approved by the superior court on certiorari. The evidence against the *520defendant was decidedly weak, but we can not hold that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hardaway v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  2. Backus v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910

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