Humphrey v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. May 25, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. Where, in a suit in a justice’s court, the justice entered upon the docket a judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant for the principal, interest, attorney’s fees, and costs, stated in detail, from which an appeal was taken to a jury in that court, and the jury returned a verdict stating, “We, the jury,, confirm the judgment in the above-stated case, and costs of this appeal, also ten per cent, attorney’s fees,” dated and signed by the foreman, such verdict was not so uncertain as to be void. Giving to it a reasonable intendment, the expression, “confirm the judgment in the…
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