Baker v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Justice’s court. Judgment. Evidence. Interrogate-. ries. Witness. Verdict. Before Judge Milner. Bartow superior court. July adjourned term, 1891. Certiorari to the verdict of a jury in a justice’s court against J. A. Baker, was overruled, and he excepted. 1. It appears that on January 15, 1879, Thompson & Scott sued W. C. & J. A. Baker for $25, balance due on an account with items dated May and August, 1876. The suit was in the court of Pritchett, justice of the peace, and…
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Justice’s court. Judgment. Evidence. Interrogate-. ries. Witness. Verdict. Before Judge Milner. Bartow superior court. July adjourned term, 1891. Certiorari to the verdict of a jury in a justice’s court against J. A. Baker, was overruled, and he excepted. 1. It appears that on January 15, 1879, Thompson & Scott sued W. C. & J. A. Baker for $25, balance due on an account with items dated May and August, 1876. The suit was in the court of Pritchett, justice of the peace, and the summons was returnable to the 11th day of February, 1879. On February 22, 1879, Pritchett rendered judgment against…
1Opinion of the Court
*487 Judgment reversed.
2. The plaintiffs sued out interrogatories for J. A. Thompson, which, by agreement between parties, were executed and returned, and were read in evidence in behalf of the plaintiffs. Baker insisted upon objections he had taken in writing to the introduction of these interrogatories, which objections were, that Thompson had positively refused to answer the third and fourth cross-interrogatories. The objections were overruled, and error is assigned. The two cross-interrogatories referred to are as follows : “ Is it not a fact that as an attorney at law I was suing you and…
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