¶1dissenting. For the reasons set forth in the opinion-which I filed in the case of Wight v. Wolff, 112 Ga. 169, and in my dissenting opinion in the case of Heard v. State, ante, 444, I can not concur in the correctness of the proposition laid down in the first of the foregoing headnotes.
113 Ga. 643
Sellers v. Mann
Decided May 27, 1901
Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1901-05-27
<p>1. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction of writs of error from the city court of. Baxley. Little, J., dissenting.</p> <p>2. A finding by a jury expressed in the words: “We, the jury, find for the plaintiff nominal damages,” without naming any amount, is not a lawful verdict.</p>
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Decided 1901-05-27
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