Scribner's Sons v. Mutual Building Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Certiorari, from Fulton.superior court — Judge Pendleton. January 29, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
It appears from the record that the plaintiffs sued the defendant for damages to certain books stored in the defendant’s building, and recovered a verdict for fifty dollars and costs. The ease was carried to the superior court by certiorari, and a new trial ordered. It further appears, that this is the third trial awarded the defendant on the same state of facts, and that no error of law contributed to these vérdicts. It is not only true that a party has a property right in a verdict, but it is also true that it is one of the prime objects of the law that there shall be somehow and somewhere…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Lewis v. Equitable Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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