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Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 15, 2002

Without the Evidence, 'Tis Truly a Puzzlement

Court Jesters - In Lee v. Porter , 63 Ga. 345 (1879), Justice Logan E. Bleckley held the following for the court: In the court below, this was a rule for the distribution of money. The parties to the present writ of error were competing creditors, each claiming a judgment lien upon the fund. This issue as to both law and fact was, by consent, tried by the court without a jury, and the judgment is excepted to generally, with no specification as to whether the error intended to be alleged was a mistaken finding upon the facts, or an erroneous ruling on some point of law.

        Court Jesters

        In Lee v. Porter, 63 Ga. 345 (1879), Justice Logan E. Bleckley held the following for the court:
        In the court below, this was a rule for the distribution of money. The parties to the present writ of error were competing creditors, each claiming a judgment lien upon the fund. This is...

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