Legal Opinion

Patton v. Wilson

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1878PublishedCited by 1 opinion

FROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Williamson County. W. P. Martin, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.

*102Robert "Wilson, administrator de bonis non of tbe estate of John B. Patton, deceased, brought his action at law against James Patton for the recovery of $550.42, with interest from the 6th of January, 1869. The defense relied on was payment. The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff below, and the defendant appealed in error. There is evidence to sustain the verdict, and the only error which can be relied on for reversal is in the admission of the testimony of Lavinia Patton, the widow of the plaintiff’s intestate.

The defendant had borrowed from the intestate the amount of money sued…

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