Case ID: ga_94/html/0468-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Turner v. The Stewart Mercantile Company.
    There being no plea of the non-joinder of another person as codefendant, nor of the statute of frauds, the evidence, though conflicting, warranted the verdict. Nor was there any error in charging the jury that if they believed defendant opened an account with plaintiff for Hood to buy the goods sued for, then it was the duty of the defendant to notify the plaintiff when to stop and sell no more; there being evidence on which to base the charge.
    April 2, 1894.
    Argued at the last term.
    
      Judgment affirmed.
    
    Action on account. Before Judge Hunt. Henry superior court. April term, 1893.
    J. H. Wise and W. T. Dicken, for plaintiff in error.
    E. J. Reagan, contra.
    
   The suit was for the price of goods delivered to Hood, but for which plaintiff claimed Turner had agreed to pay, and which were sold on Turner’s credit. The verdict was for the plaintiff. Defendant moved for a new trial on the general grounds, and for error in the charge stated in the head-note. The motion was overruled. The evidence for plaintiff showed that in the spring defendant and Hood came together-to plaintiff’s store, and defendant told plaintiff to let Hood have the goods and that defendant “would see it paid.” The goods were sold on this statement and charged to Turner on the books. Hood had previously applied for credit and had been refused. Further sales were subsequently made to Hood and charged in the same way. In the summer defendant was informed by plaintiff of the state of the account, and told plaintiff not to let Hood go too far, or not to let him have more than he was obliged to have. In the autumn defendant denied liability for any goods other than those sold on the first day. The evidence for defendant tended to show that he did not authorize plaintiff' to sell goods on his account.