Legal Opinion
Draughon's Business College v. Battles
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 1951No. 7 Div. 125PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARR, Presiding Judge.
This is a suit brought by J. M. Battles against Draughon’s Business College, a corporation, and J. M. Braziel.
One count of the complaint seeks to recover damages for alleged fraud. The other count claims damages for a breach of contract.
The general affirmative charges were requested by the defendants as to each count of the complaint. These were refused.
The jury returned a general verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
In this state of the record the general verdict will not be referred to a good count of the complaint which finds support in the evidence. That is to say, if…
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