Palmer Manufacturing Co. v. Drewry & Lavender
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Harris.. Meriwether superior Court. August 28, 1900. Drewry & Lavender sued the Palmer Manufacturing Company on an open account, which was mainly for staves alleged to have been furnished by the plaintiffs to the defendant, and on which there was alleged to be a balance due of $716.91. A verdict for $500.91 principal, and $59.88 interest, was rendered against the defendant; and error is assigned on the overruling of its motion for a new trial.
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Complaint. Before Judge Harris.. Meriwether superior Court. August 28, 1900. Drewry & Lavender sued the Palmer Manufacturing Company on an open account, which was mainly for staves alleged to have been furnished by the plaintiffs to the defendant, and on which there was alleged to be a balance due of $716.91. A verdict for $500.91 principal, and $59.88 interest, was rendered against the defendant; and error is assigned on the overruling of its motion for a new trial. The grounds of the motion are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The plaintiffs had a contract with the Atlanta Cooperage…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. There was much conflict in the evidence. Indeed it must be said that the witnesses for the plaintiff and those for the defendant scarcely agreed on any single fact. The original record is voluminous. We have gone over it as an entirety, with the result of having no fixed opinion as to which party should prevail as to the facts. We are not prepared to say from this record that the verdict is contrary to the evidence in the case. As the jury is the tribunal established by law to ascertain, under the evidence, what the truth was, and there was evidence which supported their finding, it must…
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