Monk v. Gay

The defendant in error sued out a possessory warrant against the plaintiff in error for nine rollers made of black-gum. The justice of the peace, upon the trial, awarded the possession of the black-gum rollers to the plaintiff. The defendant carried the case, by certiorari, to the superior court of Colquitt county; the certiorari was overruled, and exception is taken to the judgment overruling it. It appears, from the evidence, 'that Gay sawed out certain pieces of black-gum and hauled them to a mechanic named Drake, who was to make them into rollers for Gay for $1.25. Some time afterwards,…