Atlanta Northern Railway Co. v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Award and taxation of receivers" fees. Before Judge Patterson. Cobb superior court. April 15, 1916. W. M. Harris filed a suit for damages against the Atlanta Northern Eailway Company (hereinafter referred to as the railway company) in the superior court of Cobb County, and recovered a verdict and judgment for $3500.00. .The railway company filed a motion for a new'trial, which was overruled, and it then sued out a bill of exceptions returnable to the October term, 1915, of…
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Award and taxation of receivers" fees. Before Judge Patterson. Cobb superior court. April 15, 1916. W. M. Harris filed a suit for damages against the Atlanta Northern Eailway Company (hereinafter referred to as the railway company) in the superior court of Cobb County, and recovered a verdict and judgment for $3500.00. .The railway company filed a motion for a new'trial, which was overruled, and it then sued out a bill of exceptions returnable to the October term, 1915, of the Supreme Court. At the time of filing its bill of exceptions with the clerk of Cobb superior court the railway company…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) We are of the opinion that the court erred in granting compensation to the receivers and taxing the same against the railway company; for we are of the opinion that the court erred in entertaining the cross-petition of W. M. Harris for the appointment of receivers. This cross-petition did not deal' with matters that were germane to the original petition filed by the railway company, in which injunction was sought against the enforcement of the execution which Harris had had issued upon the judgment of $2500 obtained by him in a suit for damages. The…
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