Branning Manufacturing Co. v. Norfolk-Southern Railroad

Sims, J.,

after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court;

All of the questions presented for decision arise upon the assignment that the trial court erred in overruling-the motion of the defendants in the court below to set-aside the verdict, and grant a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to the -law and the evidence. We find it unnecessary to deal with a number-of these questions. Those we deal with will be disposed of in their order as stated below.

1. Should the verdict have been set aside-because there was no consideration alleged in…