City of Macon v. Joiner

Error is assigned in this case upon the action of the trial court in allowing the plaintiff to dismiss his suit after the court had directed a verdict for the defendant, and the verdict as directed had been prepared and signed by the foreman of the jury, and after the plaintiff had been thus informed as to what the verdict would be, but before the verdict had been read by counsel for the defendant. The bill of exceptions makes the following recitals of fact: “The evidence in said case was introduced by both the *12plaintiff and the defendant in the due course of procedure, after which time the…