Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. J. M. High Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Certiorari; from Fulton superior court—Judge Pendleton. November 6, 1913. The petition for certiorari was by the Georgia Railway & Power Company. According to the allegations of the petition, the J. M. High Company obtained a judgment against one Ramey, and sued out process of garnishment, which was served upon the Georgia Railway & Power Company. Upon a traverse of the answer of the garnishee, only one witness testified.
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Certiorari; from Fulton superior court—Judge Pendleton. November 6, 1913. The petition for certiorari was by the Georgia Railway & Power Company. According to the allegations of the petition, the J. M. High Company obtained a judgment against one Ramey, and sued out process of garnishment, which was served upon the Georgia Railway & Power Company. Upon a traverse of the answer of the garnishee, only one witness testified. The only point at issue was whether the monthly wages of Ramey were exempt from garnishment, as was insisted by the garnishee. The justice of the peace held that a portion…
1Opinion of the Court
Russell, 0. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) As will be seen from the statement of facts, the petition for certiorari now before us came up in turn before each of three judges of the superior court of the Atlanta circuit. On September 15, 1913, in response to an order requiring the magistrate to file an answer to the certiorari, he filed an answer which adopted, as his answer to this petition, the answer made by him in response to the writ issued on a previous petition for certiorari in the same case, the former petition being practically identical with the pending petition. The judge…
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