Rutland v. City of Dublin

It is well settled that this court, in determining whether or not the action of the superior court in overruling the certiorari was correct, can look only to the answer of the magistrate before whom the defendant was tried; and where his answer does not disclose that there was a conviction of the defendant,—that is, that a final judgment was rendered against him,—there is nothing for this court or the superior court to consider. Brown v. Gainesville, 125 Ga. 238 (53 S. E. 1002); Landrum v. Moss, 1 Ga. App. 216 (57 S. E. 965); Jessey v. Dean, 122 Ga. 371 (50 S. E. 139); Southern Ry. Co. v.…