White v. Young
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Roberts. Rabun superior court.' December 21, 1904. W. D. Young brought suit against Sara E. White on an open account containing a number of items. Some of them were for amounts paid to an attorney for defending title to certain land, and for a fee and expenses for instituting proceedings to enjoin parties from trespassing on the land. The verdict was against the defendant, and she moved for a new trial.
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Complaint. Before Judge Roberts. Rabun superior court.' December 21, 1904. W. D. Young brought suit against Sara E. White on an open account containing a number of items. Some of them were for amounts paid to an attorney for defending title to certain land, and for a fee and expenses for instituting proceedings to enjoin parties from trespassing on the land. The verdict was against the defendant, and she moved for a new trial. The presiding judge refused a new trial, upon condition that the plaintiff should write' off a portion of the verdict, which was done, and the defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the facts.) The brief of evidence in this case is not clear, nor'is it easy to determine how the presiding judge arrived at the amount which he required to be written off from the verdict. It is evident, however, that the right to incur at least a portion of the expenses claimed by the plaintiff in the account depended upon a power of attorney given by the defendant to W- D. Young on September 5,1883, which contained the following provisions: “ I, Sara E. White, of the city and State of New York, have made and constituted and appointed, and by these presence do make,…
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