Legal Opinion
Trammell v. Shirley
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 14, 1928No. 19042PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
In this suit against the sureties on a constable’s bond the defense was non est factum. On the first trial of the case the. court directed a verdict for the defendants, and this court, in Shirley v. Trammell, 34 Ga. App. 776 (131 S. E. 190), held that the evidence was in sharp conflict as to when the bond was signed by the sureties, and reversed the judgment of the trial court.
When the case was tried the second time the jury found for the plaintiff, and the defendants filed a motion for a new trial, based on the general grounds and on the special ground that the court erred in not granting a…
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