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Hamer v. White
110 Ga. 300
Ga.
1900
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Fish, J.

1. “ A plaintiff who submits to a ruling that his petition is defective without amendment, and amends to meet the objection which would otherwise result in dismissing his case, will not be thereafter heard to say that the amendment was not necessary.” Glover v. Railroad Company, 107 Ga. 34.

2. Inasmuch as a justice’s court has no jurisdiction in actions of trover, a constable who seizes property by virtue of a process issuing from such a court in a bail-trover case is a trespasser, although he may act in good faith and without malice. Blocker v. Boswell, 109 Ga. 230; Holton v. Taylor, 80 Ga. 509.

3. A trespasser who interferes with another’s rightful possession and use of personalty is liable for damages thus occasioned; and where in a given case the damages were readily capable of ascertainment and the amount thereof under the evidence necessarily exceeded that named in the verdict returned in the plaintiff’s favor, he is entitled to a new trial. Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.

Case Details

Case Name: Hamer v. White
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Jan 29, 1900
Citation: 110 Ga. 300
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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