Doughty v. McMillan

Lumpkin, Justice.

Doughty brought an action against McMillan and Grogan for the recovery of two mules. The jury found for the defendants, and the plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted. Besides the general grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence, error was assigned upon the ruling out of the testimony of one Cooper, a witness for the plaintiff". In our opinion, the court did commit error in rejecting this testimony, and because of this error the plaintiff" did not have a legal trial. Doughty, the plaintiff, testified that he bid oft" the…