Case Name: BENTON v. HYNES
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1896-12-17
Citations: 100 Ga. 95
Docket Number: 
Parties: BENTON v. HYNES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 95–95

Head Matter:
BENTON v. HYNES.
Submitted November 30,
Decided December 17, 1896.
• Petition for certiorari. Before Judge- Sweat. Glynn •county. March 23, 1896.
J. D. Sparks, for plaintiff in error.
Johnson d Krauss, contra.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
1. Where, in the trial of a case pending in a justice's court, there are disputed issues of fact, the judgment rendered by the magistrate cannot be directly reviewed by the writ of certiorari, but there must be an appeal, either to a jury in that court, or to the superior court.
2. In the present case there were disputed questions of fact, and there having been no appeal, the writ of certiorari was properly refused. Judgment affirmed,.