Stewart & Keith v. Attaway

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Stewart & Keith v. Attaway

88 S.E. 992, 18 Ga. App. 158, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 192

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedMay 24, 1916

Docket6961

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Stewart & Keith v. Attaway, 88 S.E. 992, 18 Ga. App. 158, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 192 (Ga. Ct. App. 1916).

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Opinion

Broyles, J.

1. The assignment of error upon the failure, of the court to direct a verdict for the defendants is without merit, as it is well settled that the refusal to direct a verdict is never reversible error.

2. The suit was trover to recover 1,520 pounds of sea-island cotton, and the evidence possibly authorized, but did not demand, a finding that that amount of cotton was in the possession of the defendants at or before the time the suit was brought. The direction of a verdict for the plaintiff was, therefore, error. Judgment reversed.

Trover; from city court of Hazlehurst — Judge Lankford presiding. August 18, 1915.

J. Mark Wilcox, Bennett & Swain, P. L. Smith, for plaintiffs in error. F. Willis Dart, John Rogers Jr., contra.

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