Kenyon v. Brightwell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for certiorari. Before Judge Sheffield. Terrell superior court. September 8, 1903. cited Civil Code, §§ 2474, 2477, 2478, 2488, 3424; 92 0a. 769; 8 Am. & Eng. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 1025-26; 3 Nott & McCord (S. C.), 512. cited 100 Cal. 345; 146 Mass. 281 (4 Am. St. R. 311); 18 Mise. Rep. (N. Y. Sur. .Ct.) 139 ; 44 Ohio St. 184 (58 Am. R. 814) ;■ 14 R. I. 41; 15 R. I. 438 ; 15 Pa. Co. Ct. Rep. 316; 14 Hun (N. Y.), 562; 19 Abb. N. Cas. (N. Y.) 86; 17 Am. R. 384; 61 How.
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Petition for certiorari. Before Judge Sheffield. Terrell superior court. September 8, 1903. cited Civil Code, §§ 2474, 2477, 2478, 2488, 3424; 92 0a. 769; 8 Am. & Eng. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 1025-26; 3 Nott & McCord (S. C.), 512. cited 100 Cal. 345; 146 Mass. 281 (4 Am. St. R. 311); 18 Mise. Rep. (N. Y. Sur. .Ct.) 139 ; 44 Ohio St. 184 (58 Am. R. 814) ;■ 14 R. I. 41; 15 R. I. 438 ; 15 Pa. Co. Ct. Rep. 316; 14 Hun (N. Y.), 562; 19 Abb. N. Cas. (N. Y.) 86; 17 Am. R. 384; 61 How. Pr. 399 ; 6 Madd. 90; 8 Ad. & El. 348 (E. C. L. 448); 2 C. & M. 612; 3 Camp. 298 ;. 3 Y. & J. 28; 75 Pa. St. 220; 41 N. J,…
1Opinion of the CourtCandler, J.
This case comes up on exceptions to the refusal of the judge of the superior court to sanction a petition for certiorari. From the petition it appears that the suit was an action in a justice’s court against the administrator of a deceased married woman, to recover a sum alleged to be due as part of the burial expenses of the defendant’s decedent. The husband of the deceased was living at the time of her death, and became the administrator of her estate. The amount claimed was $16.35. Upon the call of the case in the justice’s court, “ nine jurors were present to try the case. Upon said jury…
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