The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 59West Publishing Company, 1908 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... VERDICT . The verdict of the jury was amply support- ed by the evidence , and no reason appears why a new trial should be granted . ( Syllabus by the Court . ) Error from Superior Court , Ben Hill Coun- ty ; U. V. Whipple , Judge ...
... VERDICT . The verdict of the jury was amply support- ed by the evidence , and no reason appears why a new trial should be granted . ( Syllabus by the Court . ) Error from Superior Court , Ben Hill Coun- ty ; U. V. Whipple , Judge ...
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... verdict was not without evidence to support it . 2. TRIAL INSTRUCTIONS . There was some evidence on which to base the charge complained of as not being pertinent . 3. NEW TRIAL - COERCION OF VErdict . After the jury had been ...
... verdict was not without evidence to support it . 2. TRIAL INSTRUCTIONS . There was some evidence on which to base the charge complained of as not being pertinent . 3. NEW TRIAL - COERCION OF VErdict . After the jury had been ...
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... verdict was authorized by the evidence , and there was no error in refusing a new trial . ( Syllabus by the Court . ) Error from Superior Court , Fayette Coun- ty ; E. J. Reagan , Judge . Action by Mrs. W. J. Sams against George T ...
... verdict was authorized by the evidence , and there was no error in refusing a new trial . ( Syllabus by the Court . ) Error from Superior Court , Fayette Coun- ty ; E. J. Reagan , Judge . Action by Mrs. W. J. Sams against George T ...
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... verdict rendered in her favor . It is true that the testimony of the defendant George T. Patterson would have authorized a verdict in his favor . He testified that he told his servant to work at a different place that day , and not to ...
... verdict rendered in her favor . It is true that the testimony of the defendant George T. Patterson would have authorized a verdict in his favor . He testified that he told his servant to work at a different place that day , and not to ...
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... verdict was rendered for the plaintiffs , as above indicated , whereupon the presiding judge set it aside and directed the following order to be entered : " The court being of opinion that the order for goods upon which this action is ...
... verdict was rendered for the plaintiffs , as above indicated , whereupon the presiding judge set it aside and directed the following order to be entered : " The court being of opinion that the order for goods upon which this action is ...
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Page 347 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 366 - Fellows, and to their heirs and assigns, all that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the county of...
Page 394 - In other words, as the rule is now more briefly expressed, "parol contemporaneous evidence is inadmissible to contradict or vary the terms of a valid written instrument.
Page 279 - I hereby agree to accept, and which shall not take effect until the first premium shall have been paid, during my continuance in good health, and the policy shall have been signed by the secretary of the company and issued.
Page 353 - It is apparent that the mere fact of classification is not sufficient to relieve a statute from the reach of the equality clause of the fourteenth amendment, and that in all cases it must appear, not only that a classification has been made, but also that it is one based upon some reasonable ground — some difference which bears a just and proper relation to the attempted classification — and is not a mere arbitrary selection.
Page 370 - The doctrine of fellow-servant, so far as it affects the liability of the master for injuries to his servant, resulting from the acts or omissions of any other servant or servants of the common master, is...
Page 347 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 39 - The General Assembly is hereby empowered to enact that every child of sufficient mental and physical ability shall attend the public schools during the period between the ages of six and eighteen years for a term of not less than sixteen months, unless educated by other means.
Page 116 - The rule of law is clear that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 21 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow : for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.