Lackey v. Bostwick
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in the Supreme Court. Charge of Court. Tender. Ejectment. Equity. Pleadings. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1874. For the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover possession of a city lot in the city of Atlanta. On the trial of the case the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. A motion was made for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, contrary to law, and contrary to the charge of the court. The motion for a new trial was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
*461. Assuming that the court charged the law correctly, as we are bound to presume it did, it was incumbent on the plaintiff in error to have…
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