Womack v. Acuff
Womack v. Acuff
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by-
§ 215. Assumpsit; evidence held insufficient to establish. Appellants, Womack and Morris, were sued in justice’s court by appellees for the value of four thousand rails and a gate and post, of the alleged aggregate value of $125. Judgment was rendered against them in said justice’s court for the sum of $10J.50, and, on appeal to the county court, they again lost the case, and the judgment was increased to the full demand of $125. The sureties on the appellants’ appeal bond were included in the latter judgment. The only error insisted on in this court is the insufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment rendered against'the appellants. The testimony, in substance, is, on part of the plaintiffs below, that A. P. Womack bought the rails of one Acuff, who claimed to be heir at law of Wood, deceased, and agreed to pay for same; and on the part of the defendants below that Jake-Womack, who is not a party to this suit, bought the rails of said Acuff and hauled the said rails away from the Wilcox survey, where they were when purchased. Some of the rails were on “Judge Dyer’s land.” The only evidence to show any responsibility on the part of Morris for the alleged value of the rails consisted of the fact that he married the sister of Jake Womack, and assisted the said Jake Womack in hauling the rails away from the premises where they were, and carried them to the premises of A. P. Womack; and the further fact that said Morris afterwards
Ordered accordingly.
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