Etheridge v. Boroughs

Almand, Justice.

H. A. Etheridge, as executor of the estate of Mrs. Bessie R. Etheridge, brought a common-law action for land against J. C. Boroughs to recover a tract of land in Fulton County. On the trial of the issue before a jury, after evidence was introduced by both parties, the court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff’s motion for a new trial as amended was overruled, and the case is here on a bill of exceptions assigning error on the refusal of a new trial.

Counsel for the plaintiff in their brief concede that it was necessary, before the plaintiff could recover, to…