Hanson v. Crawley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Promissory notes. Contracts. Alteration. Non-suit. Practice in the Superior Court. Evidence. Principal and security. New trial. Before Judge Bartlett. Morgan Superior Court.
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Promissory notes. Contracts. Alteration. Non-suit. Practice in the Superior Court. Evidence. Principal and security. New trial. Before Judge Bartlett. Morgan Superior Court. March Adjourned Term, 1873. This is the second time this case has been before the supreme court: See 41 Georgia, 303. Robert Crawley brought complaint against James J. Morrison, as maker, and James E. Hanson, as security, for $650 00 in gold, besides interest, on the following note: “$650 00. Twelve months after date, I promise to pay Robert Crawley, or bearer, six hundred and fifty dollars, for value received of him —…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
1. A defendant has not the right to ask the court to direct the jury to give him a verdict on the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, because the plaintiff has not made out his case. - He may move for a non-suit, which a court might properly grant, or the defendant could go .on to the jury with the evidence already before them, and claim that he is entitled to a verdict on the ground that no case is made out against him. But -the court will not, on motion, summarily order a verdict for defendant. A motion for a non-suit at that stage of the trial is the proper way to raise the…
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