Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry. v. DeBow
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 21 Ga. App. 732. J. D. B. DeBow, a citizen of the State of Tennessee, ’ filed his suit in the superior court of Fulton county, Georgia, against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway, a non-resident corporation, as an initial carrier for hire, to recover $20,000 alleged to be the value of a certain hog shipped by him in interstate commerce from Shreveport, La., to Montgomery, Ala.
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Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 21 Ga. App. 732. J. D. B. DeBow, a citizen of the State of Tennessee, ’ filed his suit in the superior court of Fulton county, Georgia, against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway, a non-resident corporation, as an initial carrier for hire, to recover $20,000 alleged to be the value of a certain hog shipped by him in interstate commerce from Shreveport, La., to Montgomery, Ala. The plaintiff alleged, that the defendant received the hog at Shreveport, for transportation, and undertook faithfully to transport the hog to the plaintiff at Montgomery, and…
1Opinion of the Court
■George, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. A motion was made to dismiss the cross-bill of exceptions for want of necessary parties defendant in error, to wit, the sheriff, and his deputy, who were formal parties in the trial court to the traverse of the return made by the deputy, as shown by the record. This motion was. met by a motion to amend the cross-bill so as to make the sheriff and his deputy defendants in error therein. The sheriff and his deputy consented in writing to be made parties, waived service, and agreed that the case be heard on its merits. This is sufficient, under…
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