Gillis v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint; distraint; foreclosure of lien; trover. Before Judges Spence. Worth superior court. February 12, 1908'. Bowman was the tenant of Gillis during the years 1887 and 1888, and in the course of their dealings with each other they car-, ried mutual accounts. , In April, 1889, Bowman brought suit cm account against Gillis for $443.50. In September of the same-year Gillis sued out a distress warrant against Bowman for rent-, due and to become due, amounting to $317.50.…
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Complaint; distraint; foreclosure of lien; trover. Before Judges Spence. Worth superior court. February 12, 1908'. Bowman was the tenant of Gillis during the years 1887 and 1888, and in the course of their dealings with each other they car-, ried mutual accounts. , In April, 1889, Bowman brought suit cm account against Gillis for $443.50. In September of the same-year Gillis sued out a distress warrant against Bowman for rent-, due and to become due, amounting to $317.50. Later in the same month Gillis brought suit against Bowman to foreclose his landlord’s lien for supplies furnished to…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. The trial judge has the right to propound a question or a series of questions to any witness for the purpose of developing fully the truth of the ease; and the extent to which the examination conducted by the court shall go is a matter within his discretion. And a lengthy examination by the court of a witness called by either party will not be cause for a new trial, even though some of the questions propounded by the court were leading in character, unless the court, during the examination of the witness by himself, expresses or intimates an opinion on the facts of the case, or as to what…
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