Legal Opinion

Davis v. Sawtell

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 21, 1910No. 2046PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Certiorari;-from Fulton superior court — Judge Ellis. June 28, 1909.

1Opinion of the Court

Hill, O. J. 1.

Where suit is brought in a justice’s court on an unverified open account, and the plaintiff introduces testimony and fails to prove the justness and correctness of the account, and the justice renders judgment in favor of the defendant for costs of suit, this does not operate as a dismissal of the suit, but is a judgment from which plaintiff may, as matter of right, enter an appeal to a jury in that court. Civil Code, §4140.

2. The untraversed answer of the magistrate whose judgment is sought to be reviewed on certiorari is conclusive as to the facts. Carter v. State, 3 Ga. App.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  2. Evans v. Mayor of ForsythSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Mons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
  2. Hambrick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952

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