33 Ga. 159 | Ga. | 1862
Lumpkin, J., delivering the opinion.
We could not send this case back on account of the newly discovered evidence. If the forgetfulness of a party, at the trial, of a material fact, were held to be a sufficient reason to grant a new trial, it would be productive of great mischief, by eucouraging the grossest neglect in the preparation of a cause.
Neither does the obvious mistake of the jury in not allowing the credit of $200, endorsed on one of the .notes given in payment for the negro, constitute a good ground for a rehearing. The plaintiff could be compelled to count that amount off his judgment under an order of this Court.
Neither can we suppose there was any doubt in the minds of the jury as to the identity of the notes. Counsel for the defendant suggests that this may have been the reason why they found as they did. The notes bore the same date with the bill of sale, and were cut from the same sheet of papelón which the warranty was written. At any raid, this was enough to put the plaintiff upon proof that they were founded upon some other consideration. If the jury put their verdict upon this ground, which we apprehend they did not, it would, for this reason, be decidedly against the weight of evidence.
There is one ground upon which ive feel constrained to grant a new trial in the case. This sale was made in 1855, Phoebe was warranted to be a number one negro. The testimony in 1858 and 1859 is, that “ she was lazy, slothful,
Let the judgment be reversed.