Smith v. Clayton

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The sole contention of the plaintiff in error is that the verdict is illegal because it finds against the defendant for principal and interest in separate amounts. If this contention were sustained the effect would be, not to reverse the case unconditionally for a new trial, but to condition an affirmance upon the writing off of the amount found as interest. See Stephens v. Wilson, 58 Ga. App. 24 (197 S. E. 350); Adams v. Webb, 72 Ga. App. 66 (32 S. E. 2d, 922); Ayash v. Georgia Show Case Co., 24 Ga. App. 661 (101 S. E. 815); Drury v. Holmes, 145 Ga. 558…