Legal Opinion

Christian v. Bryant

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 21, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Petition forcertiorari. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee county. February 10, 1896.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

1. An action on account for personalty alleged to have been sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant is sufficiently supported by evidence showing the sale and delivery at the price sued for, and it is not incumbent on the plaintiff to show negatively a failure on the part of the defendant to pay. Payment is an affirmative defense which should be set up and proved by the defendant.

2. There being sufficient evidence to warrant the verdict rendered in the justice’s court, and the only complaint embraced in the petition for certiorari being that this verdict was without evidence to…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Davis v. Farmers & Traders BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
  2. Armour & Co. v. Bluthenthal & BickartCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  3. Douglas v. StephensCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921

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