Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Justice Courts. Pleadings. Railroads. Damages. Fence. Diligence. Before Judge Buchanan. Campbell Superior Court. August Term, 1878. Hudson brought complaint against the railroad for damages to personal property.
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Justice Courts. Pleadings. Railroads. Damages. Fence. Diligence. Before Judge Buchanan. Campbell Superior Court. August Term, 1878. Hudson brought complaint against the railroad for damages to personal property. Attached to the summons was a statement, in brief, as follows: On April 7th, 1878, the defendant, by the running of its locomotives, etc., having before that time enclosed its track with an unlawful fence, the wire thereon being supplied with sharp, dangerous barbs or points, caused one mare belonging to plaintiff, of the value of $100.00, to become entangled in said wire on said…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
1. In a justice court, local government is realized in its last analysis. This tribunal is our primary — most rudimentary organ of home rule. It is the ne plus vllra, of judicial simplicity. ' An action in it is not by petition or declaration, but by summons ; and the summons may be a very scanty document. 61 Ga., 388. It seems designed merely to put the defendant in that state of mind in which a man a little roused and irritated exclaims, “ What’s the matter ? what’s up ? what’s to pay ? ” Practically, as experience teaches, when curiosity is thus excited, both memory and…
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