Screven Oil Mill v. Brant

Exception was taken to the judgment of the trial court overruling plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, based upon the usual general grounds, in an action upon a promissory note brought by Screven Oil Company against Mrs. Barbara G. Brant, in the city court of Sylvania. The only point insisted upon in the argument on behalf of appellant is that the defendant failed to establish her defense by a preponderance of the evidence. It is conceded that the evidence of both the defendant and her husband directly supported the defendant’s claim; but it is urged that the verdict and judgment ought to be…