Sanders v. Lifsey

M. A. Lifsey sued out a distress warrant against W. W. Sanders for $62.80, to which the defendant filed a counter-affidavit denying the indebtedness. At the close of the evidence upon the trial the court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff; and this ruling was assigned as error in the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The court refused to grant the motion and the defendant excepted.

It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff was a resident of Reynolds, Georgia, in Taylor county, and that the lands rented consisted of a farm of about 150 acres in Laurens county, the management…