Clark v. Bell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover. . Witness. Damages. Before Judge Crisp. Sumter Superior Court. April Term, 1878. The following, taken in connection with the decision, sufficiently reports this case : Bell, executor of S. Bell, deceased, brought trover against Clark, with bail process, for two mules for which he had given a bill of sale to the plaintiff’s testator.
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Trover. . Witness. Damages. Before Judge Crisp. Sumter Superior Court. April Term, 1878. The following, taken in connection with the decision, sufficiently reports this case : Bell, executor of S. Bell, deceased, brought trover against Clark, with bail process, for two mules for which he had given a bill of sale to the plaintiff’s testator. Defendant filed an equitable plea alleging in substance, as follows: He purchased a certain tract of land from testator, was to have three years in which to pay for it. A part of the contract was that testator should lend him $100.00, for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action of trover brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover two mules of the alleged value of $250.00, and their hire alleged to be of the yearly value of $50.00.
On the trial of the case the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $347.25. The defendant made a motion for a new trial on various grounds, which was overruled,, and the defendant excepted.
It appears from the evidence in the record, that on the 1st of April, 1874, the defendant, Clark, in consideration of the sum of $125.00, executed to the plaintiff’s testator a bill of…
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