Duke v. . Pugh

The determinative issue raised by the pleadings and submitted to the jury was whether the sum of $426.00 tendered to the defendant by the plaintiff 29 June, 1939, was the amount then due on the note and mortgage. Upon that issue the trial judge charged the jury if they found by the greater weight of the evidence that plaintiff had reduced the principal to $300.00, and that on 29 June, 1939, there was a balance of only $300.00 due, which, with interest, would amount on that date to $426.00, and that this amount was tendered on that date, they should answer the issue in favor of the plaintiff;…