Southern Pine Co. of Georgia v. Savannah Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxey, District Judge
In the consideration of this case, application of legal principles will be made to the facts as found and reported by the referee. The record discloses conflicts in the testimony, particularly as to the witnesses Stillwell and Foster, the chief actors in the contract to sell the boards which were used by the Georgia Car & Manufacturing Company in the construction of its cars. Upon the trial of the issues before him the referee had the opportunity of seeing and hearing the witnesses, and he was therefore in a better position to judge of their credibility than are courts, which have before them…
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