Patrick v. Young

Citations

• 18 Fla. 50

Syllabus

<p>1. A bill of exceptions containing the evidence as given is the proper method by which the testimony upon a trial is brought to this court. Affidavits of persons present at the trial and of jurors in the case as to what a witness stated, although embraced in a bill ■ of exceptions, cannot be here considered.</p> <p>2. Where the “property in question” in an action of ejectment, as shown by the declaration, is a named lot in a city, a verdict that “ we the jury find the defendant guilty of improperly withholding the property in question and find for plaintiff damages to amount of four hundred and thirty dollars,” is sufficiently certain.</p>