Christian v. Tyler & Hippach

The appellees recovered a judgment before a justice against the appellant and his wife. They appealed.

On the trial in the County Court the appellees proved a sale of goods, on the order of the appellant alone, and the defendants (appellant and his wife) demurred to the evidence, which demurrer the court overruled and instructed the jury as follows:

“ The jury are .instructed, as law in this case, that it is not necessary for the plaintiff to show that the defendants are jointly liable in the above cause, and if they believe from the evidence that either of the defendants are liable, then they…