Swafford v. Keaton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Douglas superior court—Judge Bartlett. March 28, 1918. W. H. Swafford sued W. B. Keaton, M. M. Daniel, D. ~W. Daniel, J. T. Lee, and Thomas Carnes, in Douglas superior court, claiming damages in the sum of $10,000. Petitioner alleges as follows: He had been a member in good standing of Cold Springs Primitive Baptist Church, located in said county.
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Action for damages; from Douglas superior court—Judge Bartlett. March 28, 1918. W. H. Swafford sued W. B. Keaton, M. M. Daniel, D. ~W. Daniel, J. T. Lee, and Thomas Carnes, in Douglas superior court, claiming damages in the sum of $10,000. Petitioner alleges as follows: He had been a member in good standing of Cold Springs Primitive Baptist Church, located in said county. On the Saturday before the first Sunday in April, 1917, a regular preaching day for said church, the Reverend Thomas Carnes announced the call of a church conference; whereupon, without any previous notice to petitioner, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The rules of law which in our opinion touch upon and govern this case are set forth in the headnotes. In a case of this particular character it may not, however, be amiss to state plainly that, the judgment of the court below having been based purely upon a question of law as raised on demurrer, neither the judgment of that court nor the judgment of this court either expresses or intimates any opinion whatever as to what is the truth as to any issue of fact involved.
Judgment reversed.
Wade, C. J., and Luke, J., concur.
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