Watkins v. Watkins

The court did not err in overruling the motion for new trial. The defendant admitted in his testimony that he still had on hand $210 of the $600 originally deposited with him under the contract and that he owed it to some one. The court had jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject-matter, and the direction of a verdict for the plaintiffs was an adjudication that the defendant owed the $210 with interest to the plaintiffs. The defendant can not be hurt because he will be protected in paying the money out on the order and judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. We are not called…