Dorsey v. Griffin

1. A magistrate when not presiding in court does not act judicially in answering questions put by parties as to whether or not a ease will be tried at the term to which the same is returnable, or will be continued to a subsequent term; and a party shaping his conduct by such answer must take the risk of the opposite party objecting to a postponement of the case and insisting upon a trial of the same at the time fixed by law. Watkins v. Ellis, 105 Ga. 796 (32 S. E. 131).

2. A court of equity will not set aside a verdict and judgment rendered in a justice’s court on the ground that the party…