Georgia Northern Railway Co. v. Cone

1. The .petition for certiorari alleges: “Your petitioner also filed a motion for a continuance in said matter, setting forth the grounds that he was the only attorney, employed in said case and his presence was demanded in the United States ..court, under summons, at Albany, Georgia. Said motion was’ overruled, and petitioner alleges same to be error.” Erom this recital it does not definitely appear that the attorney for the defendant was either absent from the justice’s court on the day of the trial or compelled to absent himself before or during the trial. Whether his presence was demanded…