Fairfax Loan & Investment Co. v. Turner

Fairfax Loan & Investment Company obtained a verdict and judgment against J. E. Turner in a justice’s court, of 1332d district, G. M., of Fulton county, Georgia. Turner instituted certiorari proceedings to review tbe verdict and judgment. In lieu of making the bond specified in tbe Civil Code (1910), § 5185, Turner filed an affidavit designed to comply with tbe Civil Code (1910), § 5187. Instead of following tbe language of the statute, that “ owing to his poverty he is unable to pay tbe costs or give security,” tbe affidavit avers that owing to petitioner’s poverty he “isÉ unable to pay tbe…