Glover v. Townsend, Crane & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Deceit, in Cobb Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hammond, at March Term, 1859. This was an action on the case brought by Townsend, Crane & Co., against John H. Glover, to recover damages for deceitful representations, respecting the solvency of one Samuel Lawrence, whereby they were induced to sell goods to Lawrence, and, on account of his insolvency, they lost their debt.
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Deceit, in Cobb Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hammond, at March Term, 1859. This was an action on the case brought by Townsend, Crane & Co., against John H. Glover, to recover damages for deceitful representations, respecting the solvency of one Samuel Lawrence, whereby they were induced to sell goods to Lawrence, and, on account of his insolvency, they lost their debt. Samuel Corrie, in behalf of the plaintiffs, testified, that, he was clerk and salesman for Townsend, Arnold & Co., wholesale drygoods merchants, in the city of Charleston, South Carolina; that the plaintiffs are the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Stephens, J.,
delivering the opinion.
1. There was some controversy in this case, as to whether or not a proposition, to which the Judge expressed his assent during the argument to the jury, and in their hearing, ought to be regarded as a charge on which error may be assigned. We think it ought to be so regarded, for the remark put the jury in possession of the Judge’s opinion as effectually as a formal charge could have done.
2. The substance of the remark, or charge, was that there was nothing wanting to complete Glover’s liability if he had made the false representation, knowing…
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