Case Name: Stewart & Keith et al. v. Attaway
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-05-24
Citations: 18 Ga. App. 158
Docket Number: 6961
Parties: Stewart & Keith et al. v. Attaway.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 158–159

Head Matter:
6961.
Stewart & Keith et al. v. Attaway.
Decided May 24, 1916.

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.