Jackson v. Pool

73 Ga. 801

• Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
• Decided: September 16, 1884
• Status: Published

Opinion

Blandford, Justice.

[Pool & Hunt filed their bill against L. O. Jackson, trustee for his wife and children, to subject the trust estate to an indebtedness alleged to have been created by the trustee for the purchase of certain mill machinery for the use and benefit of the trust estate, and which was necessary therefor. The bill alleged that only the wife and children were interested in the trust property, and that it consisted of certain realty and personalty described ; that the trust was created by a marriage settlement, which was not recorded, and complainants could not, therefore, attach it to the bill.

The answer denied that the trust estate was liable, and asserted that the property was sold to Jackson individually. It admitted that the machinery was for the improvement of property spoken of as the property of Mrs. Jackson. It also set up a recoupment, by reason of the failure of the machinery to accord with the warranty made by complainants.

On the trial, the evidence as to the machinery, its nature and qualities, was conflicting. The trust deed was not produced or introduced in evidence, nor were the terms or the nature of the trust proved.

The jury found for the plaintiffs $200.00. Defendant moved for a new trial on several grounds, one of them being that the verdict was contrary to law, evidence and without evidence to support it. The motion was overruled, and defendant excepted.]