Matlock v. Powell

Powell, as executor of Lee, sued Matlock before a justice of the peace, for money, had and received. Matlock appeared to the action, and, on judgment being rendered against him, appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, where the cause was tried by the Court, who found for the plaintiff, and rendered judgment on the finding, overruling a motion for a new trial.

Matlock appeals to this Court, and has assigned nine errors in the proceedings below, the second, third, fifth, and sixth of which relate to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding, and they will be no further noticed, no…