Kitts v. Hill

This action by Mollie E. Kitts, as the administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Jesse E. Kitts, against the defendant Hill, is to recover judgment on his promissory note to Jesse E. Kitts as payee, in the principal sum of $2,000. The defense in the answer in legal effect is payment, and the case upon a second trial to a jury was submitted upon that issue without objection. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for a portion of the amount claimed to be due. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground that the uncontradicted evidence in the case clearly…