Steadwell v. Morris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and wife. Partnership. Contracts. Equity-Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge Tompkins. McIntosh Superior Court. October Term, 1877. Steadwell brought complaint against Morris on two promissory notes aggregating $1,036.00. Mrs. Steadwell sued Morris on three notes of $800.00 each. The cases were consolidated by consent, and tried together.
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Husband and wife. Partnership. Contracts. Equity-Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge Tompkins. McIntosh Superior Court. October Term, 1877. Steadwell brought complaint against Morris on two promissory notes aggregating $1,036.00. Mrs. Steadwell sued Morris on three notes of $800.00 each. The cases were consolidated by consent, and tried together. Defendant .pleaded : 1. That the title to the notes sued on by Mrs. Steadwell was not in her, but in her husband. 2. That all the notes were made under a mistake of fact, in this : that he and Steadwell were partners in a saw-mill business ;…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
The two suits by the Steadwells were consolidated, and the jury, under the charge of the court, found for the defendant against Mrs.' Steadwell generally, and for the defendant against C. H. Steadwell, a balance due of over three hundred dollars. The Steadwells moved for a new trial, which was denied them, and they bring the case before us to be reviewed by this court.
The motion was made upon many grounds, a few only of these can be consideredthere, because only a few are verified by the court below.
1. We think that the court erred in ruling as set out in the fourth ground of…
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