Case Name: Pike v. Sutton
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-06-09
Citations: 115 Ga. 688
Docket Number: 
Parties: Pike v. Sutton.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 688–688

Head Matter:
Pike v. Sutton.
Submitted May 1,
Decided June 9, 1902.
Certiorari. Before Judge Harris. Coweta. superior court. November 6, 1901.
E. T. Moon, for plaintiff. A. H. Thompson, for defendant.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
1. A clerk in a retail store, whose duties are such as to keep him employed one half of his time in " drudgery and hard work," one fourth of his time " in waiting on customers in the sale of goods, and one fourth waiting for customer," is a laborer within the meaning of the laws of this State exempting from garnishment the wages of laborers. Oliver v. Macon. Hardware Co., 98 Ga. 249; Stuart v. Poole, 112 Ga. 818.
2. The court below was right in sustaining the certiorari, but, instead of rendering a final judgment, should have ordered a new trial in the magistrate's court. See Holmes v. Pye, 107 Ga. 784 ; Alabama R. Co. v. Austin, 112 Ga. 61.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.