Crawford v. Gaulden
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trespass on the' case, in Decatur Superior Court. Tried before the Hon. Augustus H. Hansell, Judge presiding, at October Term, 1860. The record in this case presents the facts and questions following: At the August Term, 1842, of Decatur Superior Court, a judgment was recovered in favor of Robt.
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Trespass on the' case, in Decatur Superior Court. Tried before the Hon. Augustus H. Hansell, Judge presiding, at October Term, 1860. The record in this case presents the facts and questions following: At the August Term, 1842, of Decatur Superior Court, a judgment was recovered in favor of Robt. Y. Jenkins against Demsey Harrell and William Wooten, principals, and John Harrell, security on appeal, for the sum of $4,146 10, principal debt, and $607 09 interest thereon, and $331 68 damages for a frivolous appeal, with costs of suit. Upon this judgment a fieri facias was issued on the 17th of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. —
Jenkins, J., delivering the opinion.
This case comes up on exception to the judgment of the Court below, refusing to grant a new trial on various grounds stated in the motion.
Those grounds allege error: 1. In charges given and refused to the jury by the presiding Judge. 2. In the verdict, as contrary to the charge of the Court, to law, and to the evidence. 3. Exception is taken that the Court below did not grant a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.
We deem it unnecessary to consider the errors alleged against the charge of the Court in detail. We dispose of…
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