Emanuel County v. Thompson

Mrs. Thompson recovered a verdict against Emanuel County on account of a fatal injury occasioned to one of her mules by a defect in a public bridge. 'The county, in this court, presents two reasons why the verdict should be set aside and a new trial granted: first, that under the evidence Mrs. Thompson did not have legal title to the mule; that, while she was in possession of it and had paid a part of the purchase-price before the injury and the remainder prior to bringing suit, the original vendors had taken a reservation of title as security fox the unpaid purchase-mone3r, and the legal…