130 Ga. 564 | Ga. | 1908
The plaintiff in error sought, by means of a possessory warrant, to recover possession of certain cattle alleged to be in the wrongful possession of the\ defendant in error. The case was tried upon the following statement of facts: “Plaintiff resides in Everett-springs district (1337) Floyd county, Georgia. Defendant resides in the same district, the. cattle in controversy being the property of plaintiff. Said cattle were allowed to run .at large, and, going upon the premises of defendant in said district, were impounded by defendant. Plaintiff found the cattle in the possession of defendant and demanded them of defendant; defendant refused to deliver them to plaintiff, and plaintiff sued •out the possessory warrant now before the court. This warrant was placed in the hands of the officer, who found the cattle in defendant’s possession, seized them, and arrested defendant. The •cattle are worth the sum alleged, and were, prior to the time defendant impounded them, in the lawfully-acquired and peaceable possession of plaintiff. Everett-springs (1337) district was created prior to 1895, and is the extreme northern district of Floyd county; this district is bounded on the east by Gordon county, on the north and west by Chattooga county, and on the south by Floyd-springs (949) district of Floyd county. The adjoining districts in Gordon county are ‘no-fence’ or ‘stock-law’ districts. Floyd-springs (949) district, Floyd county, is what is known as ‘no-fence’ or “stock-law’ district. Stock law went into effect in Floyd-springs
The judgment of the court refusing to award the cattle to the plaintiff in error is
Affirmed,