Middlebrooks v. Mayne

Lumpkin, Justice.

The motion for a new trial contained a large number of grounds. We shall not undertake to discuss in detail the facts of the case, nor all the legal questions involved. We think that the case, upon its merits, is controlled by the rules of law announced in the head-notes, and that the jury returned the proper verdict under the evidence. Most, if not all, of the legal questions have been definitely settled by repeated adjudications of this court, and are no longer left in uncertainty. We will therefore very briefly notice the points involved, in the order in which they are…