Harris County v. Brady
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Butt. Harris superior court. October 14, 1901. A warrant issued from a justice’s court of Harris county, for the arrest of one Shorter. He was arrested in Troup county, and turned ■over to Brady, the sheriff thereof. When so delivered he had been shot and so severely wounded as to render it impossible to carry him to Harris county on the following day without greatly endangering his life.
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Complaint. Before Judge Butt. Harris superior court. October 14, 1901. A warrant issued from a justice’s court of Harris county, for the arrest of one Shorter. He was arrested in Troup county, and turned ■over to Brady, the sheriff thereof. When so delivered he had been shot and so severely wounded as to render it impossible to carry him to Harris county on the following day without greatly endangering his life. Brady procured for him the necessary and proper medical assistance, kept him and had him treated and nursed until he had sufficiently recovered to be carried to Harris county, and…
1Opinion of the CourtIYsh, J.
1. Whenever a county is by statute made liable for a given demand, an action against it will lie therefor, though the statute does not in express terms authorize or provide for the bringing of such an action. Mackey v. Ordinaries, 59 Ga. 832; Davis v. Horne, 64 Ga. 69; Smith v. Floyd County, 85 Ga. 420. See also Scales v. Ordinary, 41 Ga. 225 ; Hammond v. County of Richmond, 72 Ga. 188.
2. An action upon an account against a county is not open to general demurrer if any one or more of the items of such account constitutes a lawful demand against the county. Mayor of Athens v. Smith, 111 Ga.…
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