Velvin v. Hall
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Practice in Superior Court. New Trial. Appeal. Jurisdiction. Justice Courts. Damages. Charge of Court. Before Judge Adamson. Carroll Superior Court.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Practice in Superior Court. New Trial. Appeal. Jurisdiction. Justice Courts. Damages. Charge of Court. Before Judge Adamson. Carroll Superior Court. April Term, 1886. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that suit was brought in the justice’s court for $100 damages to a horse and mare; that the evidence for the plaintiff tended to show that the damages claimed were the result of hard riding; and that there was evidence tending to prove that the damages exceeded $100.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
1. This suit was brought by Velvin against Saffold and others, for damage done to a horse and mare, in a justice court; the plaintiff recovered before the justice one hundred dollars; the defendants appealed to the superior court, and the plaintiff to a .jury in the justice court. When the case came up for trial in the superior court, a *138motion was made to dismiss the appeal there, because an appeal was entered in the justice court first to a jury there. The court refused to dismiss the appeal, on which refusal we find no assignment of error in the bill of exceptions,…
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