Supreme Court of Georgia, 1931

Smith v. Bennett

Smith v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 25, 1931 · Hines
173 Ga. 159; 159 S.E. 853; 1931 Ga. LEXIS 285

Smith v. Bennett

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Under the pleadings and the evidence, the judge, to whom the ease was submitted for decision without the intervention of a jury, did not err in finding for the plaintiff and rendering the judgment to which exception is taken.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Eines, J., who dissents, and Gilbert, J., absent.

Dissenting Opinion

Hines, J.

dissenting. See Wagner v. Robinson, 56 Ga. 47; Jones v. Harrell, 110 Ga. 373 (35 S. E. 690), Blount v. Dugger, 115 Ga. 109 (41 *160S. E. 270); Cornelia Planing Mill Co. v. Wilcox, 129 Ga. 522 (59 S. E. 223) ; Mays v. Shields, 117 Ga. 814 (45 S. E. 68) ; Mickleberry v. O’Neal, 98 Ga. 42, 51 (25 S. E. 933) ; Napier v. Strong, 19 Ga. App. 401, 409 (91 S. E. 579).

No. 7943. July 25, 1931. C. W. Foy, for plaintiff in error. Homer Beeland, contra.

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