Davison-Paxon Co. v. Hume

Davison-Paxon Company obtained a judgment' against W. W. Hume in the municipal court of Atlanta, and on' appeal to the appellate division of that court the judgment was affirmed. Thereupon Hume sued out a writ of error to this court, obtaining a supersedeas by filing a pauper affidavit in proper form as provided in Code, § 6-1002 (2). It further appears that the trial judge, on the date the affidavit was filed, passed an order directing 'the clerk and the marshal of the court to wholly cease from any further proceedings whatsoever in said cause. While the writ of error was pending in this…