Legal Opinion

Hicks v. Marshall

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 15, 1881PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Practice in Superior Court. Pleadings. Usury. Title. Contracts. Before Judge CRISP. Macon Superior Court-. May Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Crawford, Justice.

This suit was in ejectment, brought by T. J. Marshall against A. W. Hicks. The verdict was for Marshall; Hicks moved for new trial; the court refused it. The plaintiff in error seeks a reversal of that judgment on several grounds, only two of which are material for us to decide.

The first relates to a matter of practice under the rules of court-

The second to a matter of law which we consider the controlling question on the merits of the case, as contained in this record.

1. When the case was sounded in the court below, the original declaration was missing; it was verbally…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Everett v. Planters' BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Martin v. NicholsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  2. Palmetto Lumber Co. v. GibbsTexas Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Roberts v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  4. First National Bank v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  5. Palmetto v. Lumber Co. v. GibbsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

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