Supreme Court of Georgia, 1959

Hendrix v. Hunter

Hendrix v. Hunter
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided February 9, 1959 · Hawkins
214 Ga. 722; 107 S.E.2d 195; 1959 Ga. LEXIS 322

Hendrix v. Hunter

Opinion of the Court

Hawkins, Justice.

A proceeding instituted under Code ยง 74-401 et seq., is purely statutory, and does not fall within the *723classification of any cases of which the Supreme Court has jurisdiction. The instant case being on exception to a judgment rendered in such a proceeding, the Court of Appeals, and not the Supreme Court, has jurisdiction thereof.โ€ Criswell v. Jones, 187 Ga. 55 (199 S. E. 804). See also Respess v. Lites, 206 Ga. 8 (55 S. E. 2d 602); Herrin v. Graham, 209 Ga. 281 (71 S. E. 2d 550).

Argued February 9, 1959 Decided February 9, 1959. Sheats, Parker & Webb, Scott Walters, for plaintiffs in error. Wellborn R. Ellis, Eugene S. Taylor, contra.

Transferred to the Court of Appeals.

All the Justices concur.

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