Legal Opinion

Peeples v. Root

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1873PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Practice. Dismissal of case. Before Judge HarrERR. Terrell Superior Court. May Term, 1872. For.the facts of this case, see the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Warner, Chief Justice.

The error complained of in this case is, that” the Court below allowed the plaintiff to dismiss his case after the same had been submitted to the jury, and whilst they had been Considering the same for some time in their jury room. The right of the plaintiff to dismiss his case was decided by this Court in the Merchants’ Bank of Macon vs. Rawls & Taylor, 7 Georgia Reports, 191; Hugeley vs. Holstein, 34 Georgia Reports, 572. When the jury came into Court in the case now before us, after the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss it, a verdict, It appears, had been agreed on by the…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Haughton v. JudsenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  2. Peoples Bank v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Brunswick Grocery Co. v. Brunswick & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  4. Cooper v. RosserSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  5. Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad v. LeslieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918

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