Dearing v. Shepherd
Supreme Court of Georgia
County Matters. Constitutional Law. Tax. Before Judge Boynton. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Dearing obtained against the county of Newton a penal judgment in a justice’s court, for injuries done a horse by *29reason of a defective bridge, which, it seems, the county was chargeable with the duty of maintaining and keeping in repair. He demanded payment of his judgment from the county commissioners, and upon their refusal to comply with the demand, petitioned the superior court for a mandamus, and obtained an order nisi calling upon them to show cause, if any they had, why the mandamus should not be made absolute. In response to the order nisi, the only cause shown by the…
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