Burns v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Marriage and divorce. Practice. Verdict. Husband and wife. Homestead. Debtor and creditor. Trusts. Attachments. Judgments. Taxation. Title. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Pulton superior court.
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Marriage and divorce. Practice. Verdict. Husband and wife. Homestead. Debtor and creditor. Trusts. Attachments. Judgments. Taxation. Title. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Pulton superior court. March term, 1890 On September 15, 1874, Thomas Lewis brought complaint for land against Catherine Lewis; and on August 24,. 1887, he filed his bill against Bridget Burns, Catherine Lewis et al., praying for possession of the land in controversy to be restored to him, for cancellation of sheriff’s and tax deeds to Bridget Burns, etc. The defendants answered; and by consent the two eases were…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
A great many grounds are embraced in the motion for a new trial. Severally and collectively they raise the general question whether the court erred in overruling the motion. There are controlling elements of the case which will enable us to decide this general question without discussing separately the grounds of the motion in detail. The conclusion at which we have arrived is, that though errors were committed on *593the.trial, none of them were of such a character as to warrant the court below, or this eourt, in setting aside the verdict.
1. Eor the sake of clearness, we…
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