Towner v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Boundaries. Charge of court. Practice. Yerdict. New trial. Before Judge Lumpkin. Glascock superior court. August term, 1888. This case was before this court at the March term, 1888. There had been a second verdict for the defendant, and a motion for a new trial by the plaintiffs, which motion was granted; and this decision was affirmed by this court. 81 Gra. 171. Upon the last trial, there was a verdict for the plaintiffs.
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Evidence. Boundaries. Charge of court. Practice. Yerdict. New trial. Before Judge Lumpkin. Glascock superior court. August term, 1888. This case was before this court at the March term, 1888. There had been a second verdict for the defendant, and a motion for a new trial by the plaintiffs, which motion was granted; and this decision was affirmed by this court. 81 Gra. 171. Upon the last trial, there was a verdict for the plaintiffs. The same documentary evidence was introduced upon the last trial as upon the former ones. The oral testimony was substantially the same, except that upon the last…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
This is the second appearance here of the case of Towner vs. Thompson, in which a second motion for a new trial was granted by the court below, and the judgment was affirmed here at March term, 1888. 81 Ga. 171. At the third trial, Thompson, the plaintiff below, recovered, and a motion for a new trial made by Towner having been denied, the present writ of error was brought by him.
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