Whiddon v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Certiorari; from Decatur superior court — Judge Harrell. May 34, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, P. J.
1. This was a suit in a justice’s court, brought against a railroad company for injury to live stock. The amount involved exceeded fifty dollars. The justice rendered judgment against the defendant, and the case was carried by certiorari directly to the superior court. The question whether or not the writ of certiorari was the available remedy for the defendant, though argued in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error, was not made before the lower court or in the record brought to this court, and therefore will not be passed upon. Savannah, Thunderbolt & Isle of Hope Ry. v. Fennell,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. SandersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Savannah, Thunderbolt & Isle of Hope Railway v. FennellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Haire v. McCareleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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