Hartman v. Mayor of Columbus
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice. Consolidating actions. Before Judge Johnson Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1871. The facts are in the opinion. cited 2 D. and E. R., 639; 1 Tidd’s Pr., 614; 3 Ch. Pr., 643. cited Acts 1868, Justices jurisdiction, R. Code, section 3196.
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomery, Judge.
The Mayor and Council of Columbus brought two suits against the plaintiffs in error, in a Magistrate’s Court, at the same term, the first on five promissory notes for $10 each, and the second on four — each of these also for $10 — the whole amounting to $90 — less than the jurisdictional limit of the Court. Defendant moved to consolidate the two cases, which motion the Court overruled, and the Superior Court, on certiorari, sustained the ruling.
Was the defendant entitled to have the cases consolidated? We think so. The hardship of having to bear the costs in many cases,…
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