Ansley v. Barlow
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeal. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. May term, 1897. From a judgment of the quarterly term of Sumter county court, rendered November 18, 1895, an appeal to the superior court was entered on November 28, 1895, which was within four days from the adjournment of the county court. On motion the superior court dismissed the appeal, on the ground that it was not filed within four days from the rendition of judgment in the county court. Appellant excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
The single question involved in this case is: In what time must an appeal from a county court organized under the general law, to the superior court, be entered? Civil Code, §4214, provides that “If either party is dissatisfied with the judgment of the county judge, and the principal sum claimed, or damages claimed, exceeds fifty dollars, said party maj^ entelan appeal from such judgment within four days, under the same rules and regulations as are provided for appeals in this code.” The rules and regulations referred to in this section, so far as the time in which an appeal shall be entered…
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