Home Insurance v. Willis

1. The city court of Lyons was created by the act approved August 27, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 343). In section 12 it was provided that the terms should commence on the fourth Monday in January, April, July, and October. In section 28 provision was made for trial by a jury of six, to be selected from a panel of twelve jurors, but there was no provision in the act for trial by twelve jurors. In section 30 power was expressed purporting to authorize the judge to grant new trials under the laws governing the grant of new trials in the superior courts. The act was amended by the act approved March…