Durham v. State

Durham v. State, 88 S.E. 594 (Ga. Ct. App. 1916)

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia · State Appellate Courts
Decided: April 17, 1916
Docket: No. 7237
Judges: Broyles
Citations: 88 S.E. 59417 Ga. App. 8101916 Ga. App. LEXIS 951

Cited by 6

Summary

Accusation of cheating and swindling; from city court of Athens —Judge West. December 20, 1915.

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Opinion of the Court — Broyles

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Broyles, J.

The defendant was convicted of violating the “labor-contract act” (Acts 1903, p. '90, Penal Code, §§ 715, 716). It not having been proved that he had no good and sufficient cause for his failure to perform the contract, the conviction was unauthorized. Johnson v. State, 125 Ga. 243 (3), 246 ( 54 S. E. 184 ); Mobley v. State, 4 Ga. App. 78 ( 60 S. E. 803 ); Hankinson v. State, 6 Ga. App. 793 ( 65 S. E. 837 ); Brown v. State, 8 Ga. App. 211 (2), 212 ( 68 S. E. 865 ); Thorn v. State, 13 Ga. App. 10 (2), 13 ( 78 S. E. 853 ); Jones v. State, 16 Ga. App. 216 ( 84 S. E. 88 ). This essential proof was not furnished by the hirer’s'testimony that he did not give the defendant any cause to quit. The testimony on this point amounted to no more than an opinion or conclusion, without proof of facts to support it. Moreover, proof that the hirer did not give the defendant cause to quit would not of itself show that there was no good and sufficient cause. See Smiley v. State, 14 Ga. App. 15 ( 80 S. E. 31 ); Mobley v. State, 13 Ga. App. 730 ( 79 S. E. 907 ).

Judgment reversed.

Russell, G. J., absent.

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Cited by 6 cases

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Bullard v. State2 S.E.2d 725 (Ga. Ct. App. 1939)
King v. State136 S.E. 466 (Ga. Ct. App. 1927)
Wood v. State147 S.E. 780 (Ga. Ct. App. 1929)
Johnson v. State90 S.E. 355 (Ga. Ct. App. 1916)
Cofer v. State147 S.E. 792 (Ga. Ct. App. 1929)
Stuckey v. State91 S.E. 784 (Ga. Ct. App. 1917)

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Bullard v. State2 S.E.2d 725 (Ga. Ct. App. 1939)
Cofer v. State147 S.E. 792 (Ga. Ct. App. 1929)
Wood v. State147 S.E. 780 (Ga. Ct. App. 1929)
King v. State136 S.E. 466 (Ga. Ct. App. 1927)
Stuckey v. State91 S.E. 784 (Ga. Ct. App. 1917)
Johnson v. State90 S.E. 355 (Ga. Ct. App. 1916)

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Authorities cited 9

Depth	Case	Cited by
	Thorn v. State, 78 S.E. 853 (Ga. Ct. App. 1913)	19
	Johnson v. State, 54 S.E. 184 (Ga. 1906)	18
	Brown v. State, 68 S.E. 865 (Ga. Ct. App. 1910)	9
	Hankinson v. State, 65 S.E. 837 (Ga. Ct. App. 1909)	6
	Mobley v. State, 60 S.E. 803 (Ga. Ct. App. 1908)	5
	Mobley v. State, 79 S.E. 906 (Ga. Ct. App. 1913)	8
	Jones v. State, 84 S.E. 88 (Ga. Ct. App. 1915)	5
	Swilley v. State, 80 S.E. 31 (Ga. Ct. App. 1913)	4
	Jones v. State, 84 S.E. 988 (Ga. Ct. App. 1915)	4

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