Legal Opinion
Estes v. Sterchi Bros. Stores Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 20, 1935No. 24152PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. Words which are plain and unambiguous and do not impute a crime can not by innuendo have their meaning enlarged and extended so as to impute a crime. Morris v. Evans, 22 Ga. App. 11 (95 S. E. 385). A writing which recites that a person owes a sum of money and “persists in retaining the money that is due” the writer, “in spite of” the writer’s many appeals for “payment,” and which is transmitted to the employer of the alleged debtor, and which states that other employers have requested the writer to notify them before filing garnishments against their employees, as they are often able to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stannard v. Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing MacHine Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1912
- Morris v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
- Porak v. Sweitzer's, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1930
3Cited by22 opinions
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Davis v. General Finance & Thrift Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- M. Rosenberg & Sons, Inc. v. CraftSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944
- Mell v. EdgeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
- Haggard v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
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