Carnation v. Pridgen

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The special grounds of the amended motion for a new trial are merely amplifications of the general grounds, and will be treated with them. One of the contentions of the plaintiff is that the record contains no evidence from which the jury would be justified in finding that the plaintiff was not a holder in due course and for value of the instrument sued upon, for which reason it was error to allow the defendant to testify, at one point, that he never received the grapevines. As stated in Silver v. Sellers, 59 Ga. App. 690, 692, (2 S. E. 2d, 216), once the…