Case Name: Carson v. The Mayor and Council of Forsyth
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1895-08-05
Citations: 97 Ga. 258
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carson v. The Mayor and Council of Forsyth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 258–258

Head Matter:
Carson v. The Mayor and Council of Forsyth.
August 5, 1895.
Certiorari. Before Judge Hunt. Monroe superior-court. August term, 1894.
A case was tried in the mayor’s court of Forsyth on May 4, 1894. On Monday, June 4, defendant presented a petition for certiorari, which was sanctioned, but the petition was not filed until the next day. A motion to dismiss" the writ, because the petition had not been filed within the-time required by law, was sustained.
J. P. Carson and Stone & Ciarle, for plaintiff in errorBerner & Blood-worth, contra.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
Under section 4057 of the code, as amended by the-act of 1889 (Acts of 1889, p. 84), in order to authorize the issuing of a writ of certiorari, it must be "applied for" within thirty days from the date of the judgment complained of; and if this, is done, and the sanction obtained,, then, under section 2920 of.' the code, which was not amended by the above recited act, the petition may be filed at any time within three months from the-date of the judgment sought to be reversed.
Judgment reversed.