Terrell v. Bennet
Supreme Court of Georgia
Case for deceit, in Stewart Superior Court. Motion for a new trial. Decided by Judge WORRELL, April Term, 1855. Wm. B. Bennet brought an action for deceit against Samuel L. Terrell, for fraudulently representing to plaintiff thaone James O. Wilkerson was solvent, and thereby inducing plaintiff to give him credit.
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Case for deceit, in Stewart Superior Court. Motion for a new trial. Decided by Judge WORRELL, April Term, 1855. Wm. B. Bennet brought an action for deceit against Samuel L. Terrell, for fraudulently representing to plaintiff thaone James O. Wilkerson was solvent, and thereby inducing plaintiff to give him credit. It appeared, on the trial, that Bennet was a stranger to Wilkerson; that Terrell represented him to be perfectly good when he was utterly insolvent; that Bennet, relying on this recommendation, hired to Wilkerson two negroes, to work in his farm; that during the year, Terrell took…
1Opinion of the Court
*406 By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This case comes up rather singularly. Various re-, quests to charge were made and refused, and sundry charges wore given. To all of which the defendant excepted. A verdict having been rendered for the plaintiff, the defendant moved for a new trial on all the refusals to charge, as well as on account of all the charges as given. The Court granted a new trial on two of the grounds, over-ruling all the rest; and still, the defendant excepts, and prosecutes this writ of error. And the agreement is, that this Court shall give Judgment upon the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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