Thompson v. Douglass
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Principal and agent. Charge of Court. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. February Term, 1879. Thompson sued Mrs. Douglass in a justice court on an account for merchandise. On the trial the justice gave judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appealed.
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Evidence. Principal and agent. Charge of Court. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. February Term, 1879. Thompson sued Mrs. Douglass in a justice court on an account for merchandise. On the trial the justice gave judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appealed. On the trial in the superior court, the evidence for plaintiff tended to show that Mrs. Douglass was proprietress of the Pavilion hotel, and traded with plaintiff, using a pass-book; that she informed plaintiff that she had employed a caterer ; that a few days after that, one Seymour, as caterer of the hotel, began making…
1Opinion of the Court
Varner, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff sued the defendant in a justice’s court on an account for the sum of $81.03, and judgment was rendered in his favor. The defendant entered an appeal to the superior court, and on the trial of the case in the last-named court, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in,favor of the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial on the several grounds therein stated, which was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted.
1. There was no error in excluding from the jury the evidence as to the custom of the proprietors of hotels in the city of Savannah…
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