Case Name: Dockins v. Wilbanks et al., commissioners
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1909-10-05
Citations: 6 Ga. App. 680
Docket Number: 1761
Parties: Dockins v. Wilbanks et al., commissioners.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 680–680

Head Matter:
1761.
Dockins v. Wilbanks et al., commissioners.
Petition for certiorari, from Rabun superior court — Judge Kimsey. October 12, 1908.
Submitted May 5, —
Decided October 5, 1909.
W. S. Paris, for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Hill, C. J.
1. Where an overseer of public roads is fined by the commissioners, under whom he serves, for neglect of duty, and he files an affidavit of illegality to the execution of the fine assessed, on the ground that he was never notified of his neglect, nor given any opportunity to render to the commissioners an excuse for such neglect, the burden is upon him to show the truth of these allegations of his affidavit. Civil Code, §5160.
2. The allegations of the petition for certiorari show that the petitioner was not entitled to the writ; and the judge of the superior court did not err in refusing to grant it. . Judgment affirmed.