Carter v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of Georgia
From Wilkes. The above two cases involved the same state of facts, and the same points, and are therefore consolidated in this report.
Read the full summary
From Wilkes. The above two cases involved the same state of facts, and the same points, and are therefore consolidated in this report. It appears that the plaintiffs in error instituted two several actions of trover, one against Buchanan and the other against Root, in the Superior Court of the County of Wilkes, and that upon the trial before the petit jury, Judge Sayre presiding, in the Court below, verdicts were rendered for the defendants, and judgments for costs entered up, from which the plaintiffs appealed, under the statute in such cases, for the purpose of having a second trial of said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
The plaintiffs in error, John W. Carter and wife, instituted two actions of trover in the County of Wilkes, and upon the first trial before the petit jury, verdicts were rendered for the defendant in *338each of them, and. judgments for costs were entered up. The plaintiffs in these cases entered an appeal according to our statute laws; at the same time upon alleged errors of the Court in its charge to the jury, a writ of error was brought to this Court. The motion now is, to quash the writ in both the cases, upon the ground that a writ of error does…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Houston v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
- Champion v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
3Cited by7 opinions
- Lyndon v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Burke County Board of Education v. RaleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- Sharpe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Turnell v. CarterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.