Poullain v. Poullain
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Equity. Yerdict. Statute of Limitations. Guardian and Ward. Judgments. Ordinary. Before Judge Lawson. Greene Superior Court.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Equity. Yerdict. Statute of Limitations. Guardian and Ward. Judgments. Ordinary. Before Judge Lawson. Greene Superior Court. September Adjourned Term, 1883. Anna M. Poullain and Iíallie B. Poullain (the latter through Anna M. as her next friend) filed their bill against Thomas N. Poullain, alleging, in brief, as follows: Junius Poullain, the father of complainants, died in Floyd county in 1862. Their mother was about to take out letters of administration on his estate, but defendant, who is their grandfather, proposed to relieve her of the trouble of administration,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
1. In the bill of exceptions, the judge certifies that 'he granted a new trial in this case upon a special ground while the order directing it is general and specifies no particular ground, as it appears in the transcript of the record. We are governed by the latter, and as there is much conflict in the evidence bearing upon the main points in the case, and a considerable degree of irregularity in the proceedings had on the trial, and no small amount of confusion in the several findings by the jury of the issues submitted io them, wo think the court was right in ordering another…
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