Chiles v. Good

This was a suit brought by J. D. Good against H. E. Chiles to recover the sum of $1,200 and interest, being the purchase price of certain corporate stock in the Farmers’ Gin Company which plaintiff alleged he sold to defendant and for which defendant refused to pay. It was the defendant’s contention that there was never an intention on his part to purchase the ’ stock, but that the entire transaction was intended as a joke. The court gave an instructed verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.

The plaintiff was the only witness in his own behalf. The defendant and Joe Ince were the…