59 Ga. 509 | Ga. | 1877
This was an action of trespass for damage to a tract of land, brought by McDonald against Farmer, who was trustee for certain parties engaged in digging gold.
The defendant had erected a dam for the better operating the mining works of his company; this dam backed water upon a lot of land owned by McDonald, and McDonald sued defendant, Farmer. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for one hundred and twenty odd dollars. Farmer moved for a new trial, it was denied him, and he brought the case here for review on the ground' that the verdict is against the law and the evidence.
We therefore affirm the judgment. In respect to the ruling out evidence of McDonald’s getting some of the money his father-in-law received for the written easement he conveyed, in right of his wife, we think- it was properly