Thompson v. Duncan
Thompson v. Duncan
Opinion of the Court
"We think the court erred in not granting a new trial in this case upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence and without evidence to support it. It seems to us, from the evidence sent up in this record, that .the jury should have sustained the first exception to the report of the auditor. After a full investigation by the auditor of the accounts of Thompson, all the money that was ever traced into his hands amounted to $821.72. The auditor charged him also with rent from the year 1872 to 1882 inclusive, to the amount of $255.40, making in the aggregate, for money received and for rent of the land, $1,077.12. This is all which the evidence shows Thompson to be liable for. It appears that one Ereeman had borrowed money from Thompson, and that the latter, at his death, held Freeman’s note, payable to him as guardian, for $1,003.90. The auditor charged this note also against Thompson, and the jury found that it was a proper charge, by finding against the first exception to the auditor’s report. Under the
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