Presley v. Quarles
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the Circuit Court of Attala county. Hon. E. G. Henry, judge. Cited 7 S. & M. 715; 12 lb. 604. A new trial will not be granted upon the ground that the verdict is contrary to the evidence, unless it be clearly and manifestly so. 1 S. & M. 381; lb. 400; 5 lb. 21; 10 lb. 313; 12 lb. 615; 13 lb. 202, 599.
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This was an action upon a promissory note, given for the purchase-money of a tract of land.
After the note was read in evidence on the part of the plaintiff, the defendant introduced a witness, Lewis Presley, who testified .that he acted as agént for the defendant in the matter which led to the execution of the note — that the plaintiff sold to the defendant certain land, stock, &c., for the sum of $1,700, the land being valued at $1,200, or three dollars per acre, and included the east-half of the north-east quarter of section 10, township 14, range 8, *152east, which tract the plaintiff…
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