Powell v. Watts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Admissions. Witness. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Hammond. DeKalb Superior Court. September Term, 1883. A fi. fa. in favor of F. T. Powell against George W. Watts and Edward Watts was levied upon certain land as the property of Edward Watts, and a claim was interposed by William Watts. The fi.fa. was founded on an indebtedness created in 1866, and reduced to judgment in 1868..
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Evidence. Admissions. Witness. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Hammond. DeKalb Superior Court. September Term, 1883. A fi. fa. in favor of F. T. Powell against George W. Watts and Edward Watts was levied upon certain land as the property of Edward Watts, and a claim was interposed by William Watts. The fi.fa. was founded on an indebtedness created in 1866, and reduced to judgment in 1868.. The claimant was a son of the defendant in fi.fa., and claimed under a deed from his father, dated in 1867, for the expressed consideration of $700.00. The principal issue in the case was this :…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
3. The plaintiff mfi.fa. proposed to prove a conversation with the defendant which he communicated shortly after it took place to the claimant. It appeared that the defendant was dead at the trial, and on that ground the court, on direction, excluded the conversation between the plaintiff and defendant, and allowed only what was said by the claimant in reply thereto to go to the jury. There could have been no objection to the competency of admissions made by the claimant to the plaintiff of matters affecting the title to the property in controversy between them; .the plaintiff…
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