Newcomb v. Babb
Newcomb v. Babb
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
§ 7 60. Verdict; affidavits of jurors to impeach, not admissible; case stated. Suit by appellant against appellee to recover four horses or their value. Both parties claimed title to the horses by purchase from one Ozee. Appellant proved that she owned a pasture; that Ozee owned two hundred head of horses; that she pastured Ozee’s horses under contract with him; that by the terms of said contract she was to have the four horses in controversy as pay for said pasturage; that said four horses were gotten up, branded and used for her, for nearly a year before they were taken from her possession by appellee; that Ozee had never paid her anything else for
§ 761. Verdict and judgment against weight of evidence will he set aside. Besides evidence hereinbefore recited, there, was other evidence establishing appellant’s title to the horses. It appears to us that the great weight of the evidence supports her claim to the property, and that the verdict and judgment are contrary to the evidence. The rule now obtaining with regard to verdicts and judgments is, that “when the evidence is so conflicting that the jury might well be justified in finding either way, the verdict or judgment will not be disturbed; but the appellate court will set aside the verdict or judgment when it is clearly wrong, as when it is without evidence, or manifestly against the weight of evidence. [Zapp v. Michaelis, 58 Tex. 270.]
Reversed and remanded.
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