Case Name: Newman v. Coker & Son
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-11-11
Citations: 150 Ga. 665
Docket Number: No. 1912
Parties: Newman v. Coker & Son.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 665–665

Head Matter:
Newman v. Coker & Son.
No. 1912.
November 11, 1920.
Rehearing denied December 20, 1920.
Equitable petition. Before Judge Wright. Floyd superior court. January 3, 1920.
The plaintiff filed a petition against Coker & Son, alleging, in substance, that Coker & Son had brought suit against, him in the 1120th district G. M.> on a note for some $60, and had recovered judgment; that at the date named in the note and at the date of the rendition of the judgment the plaintiff in this petition was absent from the State; that on returning he entered an appeal from that judgment to a jury in -the justice’s court; which said appeal is pending therein undetermined; that while the case was still pending on appeal Coker & Son sued out garnishment in the 919th district 0. M., directed to the Central of Georgia Eailway Company) and thereby tied up petitioner’s wages; that the railway company thereupon dismissed the petitioner from -its service; that his services to the company were worth $5 per day; that he had incurred expense for counsel fees of $50; and that he suffered special and general damages, for all of which, as well as for punitive damages, he prayed a recovery. He also asked that the garnishment be restrained. The petition was dismissed on .general demurrer, which was based on the ground, among others, that the facts alleged did not constitute a cause of action. The plaintiff excepted.
Henry Walker, for plaintiff.
Wright Willingham and L. 11. Covington, for defendants.

Opinion:
Gilbert, J.
The court did. not err in sustaining the general demurrer and dismissing the petition.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.