Guernsey, Bartram & Hendrix v. Shellman

Warner, Chief Justice.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of an alleged breach of contract in the building of a dwelling-house for the plaintiff in the city of Macon.

On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $250.00. The defendants made a motion for a new trial on the several grounds therein stated, which was overruled and the defendants excepted.

There was evidence on both sides as to the falling of the plastering, and as to the manner in which the work was…