Tison v. Ferguson

The controversy arose over the possession of a mule. Ferguson sued out a possessory warrant to recover the mule from Della Tison. The issue was tried before the judge of the city court of Americus, who awarded the possession of the mule to Ferguson. The defendant then sued out a writ of certiorari to the superior court. Upon the coming in of the answer of the judge of the city court the judge of the superior court overruled the certiorari; and exception is taken to this judgment.

The evidence disclosed that Ed Tison, a renter on the plantation of Ferguson, purchased a mule from the DeSoto…