Crawford v. W. S. Stetson & Brother
Supreme Court of Georgia
Account. Evidence. Before Judge Bartlett. Morgan Superior Court. March Term, 1873. W. S. Stetson & Brother brought complaint against George R. Jessup on an account for $282 95, with interest, attaching to their declaration a bill of particulars. The defendant filed several pleas, unnecessary to be set forth. Pending the litigation, the defendant died, and George G. Crawford, as administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo, was made a party in his stead.
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Account. Evidence. Before Judge Bartlett. Morgan Superior Court. March Term, 1873. W. S. Stetson & Brother brought complaint against George R. Jessup on an account for $282 95, with interest, attaching to their declaration a bill of particulars. The defendant filed several pleas, unnecessary to be set forth. Pending the litigation, the defendant died, and George G. Crawford, as administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo, was made a party in his stead. The depositions of the plaintiffs were introduced, containing this answer to an interrogatory propounded to them: “We were merchants in…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
We do not enter upon the question as to the weight of the testimony in this case, except to say that we think the jury have been very liberal in their allowances to the plaintiffs below. We place our judgment upon the error of the court in permitting the plaintiffs to prove their account in the manner it is done in their answers to the interrogatories. An inspection, of the account will show that whilst there are several large' items in it, yet it is made up of a very large number of items, many of them small, and such as it is hardly possible for any human being to remember. The…
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