Legal Opinion

Hicks v. Lindsey

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 15, 1918No. 9773PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Certiorari; from Berrien superior court—Judge Thomas. April 19, 1918. (See former decision, 21 Ga. App. 319.)

1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.

1. Where a petition for certiorari is sanctioned by the judge of the superior court and duly served upon the trial court, requiring an answer thereto, and the presiding judge of the trial court answers that because of the length of time since trial of the case he can not and does not remember the evidence adduced before him on the trial of the case, and can not and does not by such answer verify the truth of the testimony as set out in the petition for certiorari, the judge of the superior court can do nothing other than overrule the certiorari. The ordinary of Berrien county, whose judgment…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Colbert v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Gilmore v. Georgian Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cunningham v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
  2. Macris v. TsipoursesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926

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