Legal Opinion

Fair v. Culpepper & Son

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 10, 1928No. 18697PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtBboyubs, C. J.

1. The motion (made in the brief of counsel for the defendant in error) to dismiss the bill of exceptions is denied.

2. Although, “since the passage of the act of September 21, 1881, the plaintiff in an action in a justice’s court must set forth, with some degree of certainty, his cause of action” (Thomas v. Forsyth Chair Co., 119 Ga. 693, 46 S. E. 869), it is still true that the niceties of pleading required in superior courts and in city courts are not required in a justice’s court.(a) “In a suit in a justice’s court it is immaterial whether the ‘copy’ of the ‘cause of action sued on’ is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bohler v. HicksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Fireman's Fund Insurance v. PekorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Brown v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  4. Thomas & Blake v. Forsyth Chair Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Christian v. Allstate Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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