Newton Manufacturing Co. v. White
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pleadings. Amendment. Charge of Court. Criminal law. Actions. New trial. Before Judge Hillyer. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1879. White et al. brought assumpsit against the Newton Manufacturing Company for $31,250.00, alleged to have become due on July 1, 1865, for 62,500 pounds of ginned cotton, “had and received from your petitioners” before that time, worth fifty cents per pound.
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Pleadings. Amendment. Charge of Court. Criminal law. Actions. New trial. Before Judge Hillyer. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1879. White et al. brought assumpsit against the Newton Manufacturing Company for $31,250.00, alleged to have become due on July 1, 1865, for 62,500 pounds of ginned cotton, “had and received from your petitioners” before that time, worth fifty cents per pound. The original declaration was filed in office on February 26, 1867. On March 19, 1873, an amendment was filed. It alleged, in substance, that on September 1, 1865, and before that time, defendant was indebted…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs brought their action against the defendant' to recover the value of 62,500 pounds of lint cotton, alleged to be worth $31,250.00. On the trial of the case the-jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of' $5043.60, principal, and $4,100.30 interest. A motion was ■■ made for a new trial on the grounds therein stated, which' was overruled on condition that the plaintiffs would write off from the verdict the sum of $840.60 for principal, and the sum of $686.65 for interest, which the plaintiffs con- ■ sented to do. Whereupon the defendant…
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