Savannah Trust Co. v. National Bank
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Trover; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. June 24, 1914. The Savannah Trust Company brought an action of trover against the National Bank of Savannah for 501 bales of cotton. At the conclusion of the testimony the judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, and the case came to this court by direct exception to the verdict.
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Trover; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. June 24, 1914. The Savannah Trust Company brought an action of trover against the National Bank of Savannah for 501 bales of cotton. At the conclusion of the testimony the judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, and the case came to this court by direct exception to the verdict. The material evidence, as incorporated in the bill of exceptions, is here set out in full: The “plaintiff introduced three promissory notes of Tinsley & Hull to plaintiff, aggregating $39,900. Following is a copy of one of them — No. 1: “‘Savannah,…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Error was assigned in the bill of exceptions as follows: “And now on July 18, 1914, within thirty (30) days from the adjournment of the Court and within thirty (30) days from the date of the verdict and of the direction given by the court and of the judgment entered thereon, comes the plaintiff and excepts to the said verdict and to the judgment and to the said direction of a verdict by the court in favor of the defendant, and assigns the same and each of them as error, and presents this its bill of exceptions and prays that the same may be signed and…
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