Owens v. College Park Supply Co.

1. Although the amount claimed by the plaintiff in a suit in a justice’s court may be less than $50, where to such suit the defendant flies a plea setting up a counter-claim in which he seeks a judgment against the plaintiff for more than $50 but not exceeding the maximum jurisdictional amount of $100, and judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the defendant may appeal the case to a jury in the superior court. Reedy v. Helms, 54 Ga. 122; Wheeless v. Carter, 120 Ga. 725 (48 S. E. 121) ; Croft v. Broxton Artificial Stone Works, 4 Ga. App. 92 (60 S. E. 1015) ; Bowers v. Williams, 17 Ga. App.…