Alston v. Grantham
Supreme Court of Georgia
An action of trover, tried before His Honor Judge Geo. D. Rice, in Union Superior Court, Spring Term, 1858. [All the facts necessary to a full understanding of this case, are embodied in the opinion of the Court.]
1Opinion of the Court
*375 By the Court.
Lumpkin J.
delivering the opinion.
This is the ordinary case of a suit brought by the father-in-law, to recover from the son-in-law, property given to the daughter in her lifetime.
There are eight grounds taken in the motion for a new trial. These are reducible to four. I herewith transcribe the motion, with the decision of the Judge, as written out by himself upon it:
1st. Because the jury found their verdict contrary to the evidence in the cause.
2d. Because the jury found greatly contrary to the weight of evidence.
3d. Because the Court erred in charging the jury that if it was…
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