Teem v. Town of Ellijay
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporations. Duress. Actions. Torts. Before Judge Maddox. G-ilmer superior court. October term, 1890. Action by Teem against the Town of Ellijay, alleging as follows: Defendant is indebted to him $500 besides interest, for that on January 12, 1889, it addressed to him a communication in writing, stating that it bad a claim against him for license tax on the sale of liquors in that town in the year 1887, in the sum of $10,000, which he was requested to settle by…
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Municipal corporations. Duress. Actions. Torts. Before Judge Maddox. G-ilmer superior court. October term, 1890. Action by Teem against the Town of Ellijay, alleging as follows: Defendant is indebted to him $500 besides interest, for that on January 12, 1889, it addressed to him a communication in writing, stating that it bad a claim against him for license tax on the sale of liquors in that town in the year 1887, in the sum of $10,000, which he was requested to settle by the 15th of January, 1889, or the town would proceed to collect the same,—signed by three persons composing the town…
1Opinion of the Court
*155 Judgment affirmed.
The verdict was in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff moved for a new trial on the grounds, that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence, and that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to that part of the declaration setting out the tortious act of plaintiff and the resulting and direct damages growing out of the levy of thefi.fa. The motion was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted. C. D. Phillips and Gr. R. Brown, for plaintiff. Clay & Blair and J. P. Perry, contra.
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