Kitchen v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari, in Richmond Superior Court. Decision by Judge Holt, at October Term, 1859. This cause arose in the City Court of Augusta, being an action on the case brought by William If.
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Certiorari, in Richmond Superior Court. Decision by Judge Holt, at October Term, 1859. This cause arose in the City Court of Augusta, being an action on the case brought by William If. Ifitchen, against Stephen 33. Robbins, to recover the value of a gold watch and eighty-five dollars in money, alleged to have been stolen from plaintiff, on the night of 27th day of December, 1858, from the room occupied by him in the inn or hotel, kept by defendant in the city of Augusta, and while plaintiff was asleep in the room. After proving that the defendant kept a common inn in the city of Augusta, on…
1Opinion of the Court
— Stephens J.
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The first error assigned is on the ruling that the admissions of the defendant founded on statements to him by the plaintiff, were sufficient proof of the fact of loss, to authorize the introduction of evidence concerning the amount of the loss. I remark in the first place, the admissions did not appear to have been founded on statements of the plaintiff, so far as was disclosed by Mr. Shockley, who was the witness that testified to the admissions. He stated the admissions to have been made without any qualification or suspicion expressed…
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