Case Name: Southwestern Sheep Company v. Thompson
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1908-11-24
Citations: 5 Ga. App. 211
Docket Number: 1148
Parties: Southwestern Sheep Company v. Thompson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 211–211

Head Matter:
1148.
Southwestern Sheep Company v. Thompson.
Trover, from city court of Miller county — Judge Bush. February 28, 1908.
Submitted July 2,
Decided November 24, 1908.
The action was for the recovery of sheep owned by the plaintiff and impounded by the defendant, who was marshal of the City of Colquitt, and who set up that he was holding them under an ordinance of the city, the sheep having been found running at large in the streets, and the plaintiff refusing to pay the impounding fee prescribed by the ordinance. The verdict was for the defendant. 'The plaintiff excepted to the overruling of its motion for a new trial, which was on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law, evidence, etc.
William I. Geer, for plaintiff. Perry D. Rich, for defendant.

Opinion:
Hill, C. J.
This ease is controlled by the decision of this court in Geer v. Thompson, 4 Ga. App. 756 (62 S. E. 500), and the decision of the Supreme Court in Stone v. Town of Tallulah Falls, 131 Ga. 452 (62 S. E. 592). * Judgment affirmed.