Briggs v. Briggs

(after stating the facts as above). It is insisted by appellant tbiat the findings of fact made by the jury required a judgment in his favor, and that it was error to enter, ¡is was done, judgment thereon in favor of the claimant. The trial court was authorized, as he evidently did, to construe the verdict in the light of the further facts which were undisputed and of the issues pleaded, and in so doing he did not err in entering a judgment on the verdict in favor of the claimant, for the findings meant that the claimant was in lawful possession of all the cotton, with an interest therein to…