Legal Opinion
Reid v. Sewell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 9, 1900PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Complaint. Before Judge Candler. Campbell superior court. December 29, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
1. Though one may, as a party or otherwise, be pecuniarily interested in the result of a case brought by an executor, he is not incompetent to testify to admissions made in his presence by the testator to another, when it appears that the conversation in which such admissions were made was not addressed to the witness. Ray v. Camp, 110 Ga. 818.
2. In order to entitle a defendant to the opening and conclusion of the ar-» gument, he must in his pleadings, and before the plaintiff begins to introduce testimony, admit enough to make out a prima facie case for the latter. Massengale v. Pounds, 100…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ray v. CampSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. MorganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Dorough v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Massengale & Co. v. PoundsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Whitaker v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
3Cited by14 opinions
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- Culver v. WoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
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