McFarlin v. State

Counsel for the plaintiff in error in their brief insist generally upon all the grounds, general and special, of the motion for a new trial. Since, under Code § 6-1308, á general insistence upon all the grounds of the motion for a new trial shall be held to be sufficient, special ground 7, upon which this case is being reversed, is here considered along with special grounds 1 and 2, although not specially argued in the brief of counsel. During the trial of the case the State attempted to show prior sales by the defendant of mortgaged property. Error is assigned on the question, “How many…