Atkinson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of assault and battery. Before Judge Bishop. City court of Eastman. October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
1. The Supreme Court has uo jurisdiction to entertain a bill of exceptions from a so-called city court established in a town.
2. Since Hie municipality of Eastman was, by the act of December 15, 1871 (Acts 1871-2, p. 105), incorporated, as a town, and has never been incorpora^ ted as a city, the act of November 28, 1899, entitled an act “to establish the city court of Eastman, in the city of Eastman” (Acts ’of 1899, p. 356), is unconstitutional in so far as it attempts to confer upon the Supreme Court jurisdiction over writs of error from the court thereby established. The mere fact that in…
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