Town of Adel v. Littlefield
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attachment for contempt. Before Judge Thomas. Cook superior court. May 28, 1919. In July, 1916, J. J. Littlefield filed suit against the Town of Adel, and on the trial of the case in November, 1917, obtained a judgment for a stated sum of money against the defendant. The latter filed a motion for a new trial on November 21, 1917, and the motion was set for a hearing on the second Monday in January following. This hearing was continued from time to time.
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Attachment for contempt. Before Judge Thomas. Cook superior court. May 28, 1919. In July, 1916, J. J. Littlefield filed suit against the Town of Adel, and on the trial of the case in November, 1917, obtained a judgment for a stated sum of money against the defendant. The latter filed a motion for a new trial on November 21, 1917, and the motion was set for a hearing on the second Monday in January following. This hearing was continued from time to time. An order was taken in term allowing completion of the motion and brief of the evidence at or before the hearing. The motion was finally set…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The judgment granting a mandamus absolute against the Town of Adel and the municipal authorities, which was rendered September 25, 1918, stands unreversed, and is binding upon the municipality. A writ of error containing exceptions to that judgment was sued out, and the question brought here for review. But the writ of error was dismissed. Town of Adel v. Littlefield, 149 Ga. 56 (99 S. E. 38). Counsel for the plaintiffs in error refers to the fact that the judgment granting the mandamus absolute was not affirmed; but the dismissal of the writ of error, as…
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