Legal Opinion

Pinkston v. White

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 21, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Certiorari. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. November term, 1895.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.

Under the facts disclosed by the record, the trial judge did not err in sustaining the certiorari, it plainly and palpably appearing that the verdict rendered in the justice’s court was without any evidence to support it; but inasmuch as the final determination of the case did not necessarily depend upon a controlling question of law, and there were issues of fact involved, the case should have been remanded for a new trial, and therefore the rendition by the superior court of a final *562judgment in the plaintiff’s favor was erroneous. Accordingly, direction is given that the judgment below he…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Holmes v. Pye & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  2. Porterfield v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  3. Johnson & Co. v. Coleman & BurchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898

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