Southern Surety Co. v. Peterson

The Southern Surety Company, a corporation, hereinafter referred to as defendant, prosecutes this writ to review a judgment' of the county court in favor of Harry M. Peterson, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff.

The case was begun in the justice court, from which an appeal was prosecuted by the defendant to the county court, where judgment was entered upon the verdict of the jury. The defendant asks a supersedeas, and assigns three principal errors: (1) Refusal to direct a verdict or grant a nonsuit; (2) rendition of judgment on an uncertain and indefinite verdict; (3) failure of proof.

The…