Court Opinion

ID: 9824701
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 11:09:49.439431+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:39:59.137944
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
Counsel for appellant insist that the defense set up in the special pleas above referred to was in confession and avoidance, and was not available under the general issue. An examination of the amended, complaint will show, however, that it alleges that the trade with Mrs. De Bardeleben was-pending and incomplete, and that it was never completed. This allegation would be contradicted by proof of a complete contract of' sale, and, as the complaint was framed, a special plea, setting up what was in substance and effect a mere contradiction of that allegation, was not necessary.
In such a case, we will not presume that the' trial judge erroneously excluded the issue from the jury.
Application overruled.
ANDERSON, C. X, and THOMAS and'. BOULDIN, JX, concur.