Eaves & Collins v. Cherokee Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of Court. New Trial. Contracts. Verdict. Election. Notice. Before Judge Branham. Polk Superior Court. February Term, 1884. Eaves & Collins brought suit against the Cherokee Iron Company for breach of the following contract: “State op Georgia — Polk County.
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Charge of Court. New Trial. Contracts. Verdict. Election. Notice. Before Judge Branham. Polk Superior Court. February Term, 1884. Eaves & Collins brought suit against the Cherokee Iron Company for breach of the following contract: “State op Georgia — Polk County. Tliis contract, made and entered into this day, between the Cherokee Iron Co., of the county aforesaid, of the one part, and Eaves ■& Collins, a firm composed of N. S. Eaves and Martin Collins, of the county of Bartow, in said state, of the second part, witnesseth that the said Eaves & Collins agree to raise and roast for said Iron…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
On a careful examination of this record, we are unable to see clearly that the ends of justice demand a new trial. The parties are at issue on the facts, and the jury .and presiding judge having determined them in favor of the defendant, the version given the defendant must be .assumed by us as true. That settles the question made in the grounds of the motion in respect to the verdict being contrary to the charge and law and evidence, etc.
The charge sent up in full in the record appears to be a .plain, full and complete presentation of the issues before the jury and the…
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