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1 Ga. L. Rep. 233

Jackson v. Lewis

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 1, 1885

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1885-07-01

<p>Certiorari, from Washington. Constitution Law. Appeal. Justices and Justice Courts. (Before Judge Carswell.)</p>

Decided 1885-07-01

Jackson, C. J.

¶1By the Constitution of 1877 and the acts passed in pursuance thereof, there may„be an appeal from the decision of a justice in a justice’s court to a jury therein in all cases within the jurisdiction of the court, to-wit, one hundred dollars. Code, §5153, 4157,(a),(b), Acts 1882-3, p. 95; 69 Ga., 843; 70 Id., 523, 726.

¶2(a) Semble that, under the Constitution of 1877, the appeal lay as well on the law as on the facts; but it is unnecessary to decide that point in this case, there being issues of fact on this appeal, to-wit, the plea of the general issue, as well as the plea in abatement, involving,, on the former especially, facts as well as law.

¶3Judgment reversed.

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