Case Name: Moseley vs. Evans et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1884-03-11
Citations: 73 Ga. 129
Docket Number: 
Parties: Moseley vs. Evans et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 73
Pages: 129–130

Head Matter:
Moseley vs. Evans et al.
1. The verdict is clear, precise and definite as to the only issue tha^was or could be presented.under the pleadings.
2. Where the only issue was,.whether a paper offered was a copy of. an alleged lost will, a finding that there was not sufficient evidence, to establish the' copy -was” necessarily a 'finding that the paper propounded was not, in substance, the last will and testament of the party.
(a.) A verdict is to receive a reasonable construction and a like intendment, and will not be avoided, unless from necessity. Code, §3501.
Judgment affirmed.
March 11, 1884.

Opinion:
Hall, Justice.
[This case was before the Supreme Court before, and is ¡reported in 70 Ga., 333. The jury, on the present trial, .found the following verdict:
"We, the Jury, find for the caveators, and that sufficient has not 'been submitted to us to authorize the establishing of the alleged copy as the will of W. A. Evans."]