McIntosh v. Patton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action on contract; from city court of Monroe—Judge Stone. October 16, 1912. The action was for damages in the sum of $100, on account of the breach of a contract for the rent of land. The trial resulted in a verdict against the defendant for $39. He excepted to the refusal of a new trial.
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Action on contract; from city court of Monroe—Judge Stone. October 16, 1912. The action was for damages in the sum of $100, on account of the breach of a contract for the rent of land. The trial resulted in a verdict against the defendant for $39. He excepted to the refusal of a new trial. The petition as amended alleged, that McIntosh, the defendant, contracted orally with the plaintiff in September, 1910, to rent to him certain land to be farmed by him for standing rent for the year 1911, but when he went to McIntosh, about the end of the year 1910, and demanded possession of the land for…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
1. The city court of Monroe has jurisdiction to try at the quarterly session of the court all civil cases of whatever natdre where the amount claimed or involved, inclusive of interest, is as much as fifty dollars, except where, under the constitution, exclusive jurisdiction is given to the superior court. Acts 1905, p. .303. By an amendment to the act referred to, the city court is given jurisdiction to try .and dispose of all civil cases at its monthly sessions where the principal sum claimed in the suit does not exceed $200, provided no jury is demanded. Acts 1906, p. 270. Under the act as…
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