Corbett v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of Georgia
Case, from Early Superior Court. Tried before Judge Allen, at September Term, 1857. Edmund C. Corbett, in the year 1852,purchased from John Gilbert a negro man slave, and in part payment transferred to him a promissory note'for §600, which he held on one Allen J„ Harrison, dated the 17th day of July, 1852, and due twelve months after date, for value received.
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Case, from Early Superior Court. Tried before Judge Allen, at September Term, 1857. Edmund C. Corbett, in the year 1852,purchased from John Gilbert a negro man slave, and in part payment transferred to him a promissory note'for §600, which he held on one Allen J„ Harrison, dated the 17th day of July, 1852, and due twelve months after date, for value received. At the September Term, 1853, after the note fell due, Gilbert commenced an action on the note against Harrison, and at the April Term following, obtained a judgment against him. On the 1st of May following, a fi.fa. upon that judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, J.
By the Court. delivering the opinion.
The error assigned on the refusal of the Court to sustain the demurrer to the declaration is abandoned by the plaintiff in error.
The several rulings of the Court, objected to by plaintiff in error, are made grounds for a new trial, and are embraced in the assignment of error on the judgment of the Court overruling the motion for a new trial, except the decision in relation to the amendment of the verdict.
[1.] The jury found a verdict for six hundred dollars and interest, from the 17th day of July, 1853. The Court directed the verdict to be amended so as to…
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