Dumas v. Barnesville Bank

1. “Where a justice’s court has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter, the fact that the justice is related to one of the parties within the fourth degree of consanguinity, does not render his judgment absolutely void, but only voidable, and it can not be attacked by affidavit of illegality on that ground.” Rogers v. Felker. 77 Ga. 46; Jarrell v. Guam, 105 Ga. 139 (2) (31 S. E. 149).

2. A justice’s court has jurisdiction of a suit upon a note where the principal sum claimed does not exceed $100, irrespective of any interest that may be due. The principal sum sued for in this case…