Joiner v. Bevier

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Brease.

There are two appeals in this cause. The main one is by the defendants from an order of the presiding Judge as to the verdict rendered by the jury. The other is by the plaintiff from the order settling the case for appeal. The case is rather peculiar, for the reason that the plaintiff, who lost his cause before the jury in the lower. Court, is the respondent here, while the defendants, who won the cause before the jury, are the appellants in the main appeal.

The appellants bought from certain parties a bottling plant in the City of…