White, Adm'r,v,hammond.
| Decision Date | 06 April 1887 |
| Citation | 79 Ga. 182,4 S.E. 102 |
| Parties | White, Adm'r, v, Hammond. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
Witness—Credibility—Province of Jury.
The credit of witnesses is for the jury. If the jury believed the plaintiff's witnesses, the verdict was not without evidence to support it. In construing and applying testimony, reasonable inferences and deductions may be made, and conclusions may be reached that lie quite beyond the mere letter of the evidence,
(Syllabm by the Court.)
Error from superior court, Cherokee county; Brown, Judge.
C. D. Maddox, (by brief,) for plaintiff in error. H. W. Newman, (by brief,) for defendant in error.
This case presents no legal question, simply a question of fact; and we dispose of it in this brief summary as a complete opinion: The credit of witnesses is for the jury. If the jury believed the plaintiff's witnesses, the verdict was not without evidence to support it. In construing and applying testimony, reasonable inferences and deductions may be made, and conclusions may be reached that lie quite beyond the mere letter of the evidence. Judgment affirmed.
1Bleckley, C. J., being disqualified, Judge Richaed H. Clarke, of the Stone Mountain circuit, was appointed to preside in his stead.
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