Johnston v. Sheppard
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Motion to set aside judgment; from city court of Floyd county •—Judge Nunnally. October 11, 1917. J. C. Sheppard brought trover against Green White for two bales of cotton, alleging that the value of the cotton was $115, and its . yearly' value $8.05, being the interest thereon at seven per cent, per annum.
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Motion to set aside judgment; from city court of Floyd county •—Judge Nunnally. October 11, 1917. J. C. Sheppard brought trover against Green White for two bales of cotton, alleging that the value of the cotton was $115, and its . yearly' value $8.05, being the interest thereon at seven per cent, per annum. Green White as principal, and Johnston and Harris as his sureties, executed the usual eventual condemnation-money bond, payable to the plaintiff, in the sum of $230. On the trial of the case the jury found for the plaintiff $241.50, and a judgment was entered against the principal and the…
1Opinion of the CourtHarwell, J.
(After stating the foregoing' facts.) “A judgment can not be arrested or set aside for any defect in the pleadings or record that is aided by verdict or amendable as matter of form.” Civil Code, § 5960; Merritt v. Bagwell, 70 Ga. 585; Steers v. Morgan, 66 Ga. 555; Artope v. Barker, 74 Ga. 465; Tietjen v. Merchants National Bank, 117 Ga. 501 (43 S. E. 730); Davis v. Bray, 119 Ga. 220 (46 S. E. 90); Sweat v. Latimer, 119 Ga. 615 (46 S. E, 835); Ayer v. James, 120 Ga. 578 (48 S. E. 154). A verdict and judgment for a larger amount than that sued for is not for that reason void. It is a mere…
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