McWilliams v. Walthall
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Practice in the Superior Court. Verdict. Judgment. Evidence. New trial. Before Judge UNDERWOOD. Coweta Superior Court September Term, 1879. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the following were among the grounds •of the motion for new trial: (1) . Because the court erred in refusing to take up for trial the motion on the common law side of the court to set aside the verdict and judgment, before hearing the equity case, which…
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Equity. Practice in the Superior Court. Verdict. Judgment. Evidence. New trial. Before Judge UNDERWOOD. Coweta Superior Court September Term, 1879. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the following were among the grounds •of the motion for new trial: (1) . Because the court erred in refusing to take up for trial the motion on the common law side of the court to set aside the verdict and judgment, before hearing the equity case, which embraced the questions made in the motion. (2) . Because, after the amendment of the bill, the court declined to suspend…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a bill filed by the complainant against the defendants with a prayer for relief and injunction on the-allegations contained therein. John H. Walthall, the original defendant, having died, his executors answered the.*111bill and prayed for relief in the nature of a cross-bill. On the trial of the case the jury found a verdict in favor of the defendants for the land in dispute, and the sum of $1000.00 for rent. The complainant made a motion for •a new trial on various grounds, which was overruled, and the complainant excepted.
It appears from the record that the…
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