Legal Opinion

Woods v. Johnson & Smith

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Process. Amendment. County Courts. Before Judge Pate. Pulasld Superior Court. November Term, 1816. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

In this case Johnson & Smith sued Woods in the county court, and an appeal was taken to the superior court. Woods moved to dismiss the case because the summons did not have annexed to it a copy of the account sued on. The *139court refused to dismiss it, and the defendant excepted.

The Code declares that suits in the county courts should begin by summons as in justice courts, and in justice courts there is no provision of law that the copy of bill of particulars be attached to the summons. It is the better practice to do so; but it certainly would be amendable, to say the least, and…

2Cited by1 opinion

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