Fulbright v. Phipps

Appellee brought suit against the administratrix of the estate of Jay Fulbright, deceased, upon a demand for alleged unpaid salary amounting to $10,000, and offered testimony tending to show that the demand was just, and that he was entitled to receive the amount sued for.

Testimony was offered by the defendant administratrix to the effect that nothing was due appellee, and that the demand upon which he sued had been compromised and settled. Had the verdict been for the defendant we would be required to hold that the testimony was ample to sustain the finding.

After the jury had had the case…