Legal Opinion

Rushin v. Tharpe

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 26, 1892PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Trover. Promissory note. Judgment. Before R. M. Willis, judge pro hac vice. Marion superior court. April term, 1891. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Simmons, Justice.

This was an action of trover for a promissory note, in which the plaintiff elected to recover the value of the note. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. Besides the general grounds that the verdict is contrary to law and the evidence, it is complained that the court erred in instructing the jury as follows: “If the note was the property of the plaintiff in this case, Mrs. Tharpe, and was put in his (defendants’) possession for the purpose of keeping and to be returned to her, and after it .was put…

2Cited by18 opinions

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  3. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. v. Moore & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. Miller v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
  5. Williams v. National Auto Sales, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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