Patterson v. Collier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. New Trial. Practice in Superior Court. Deeds. Forgery. Before Judge Fort. Stewart Superior Court. April Term, 1886, In an action of ejectment of Collier et al., executors, vs. Patterson, one of the plaintiffs, by affidavit, raised an issue of forgery on a deed from Anderson Covington to G. W. Hamil, which formed part of the chain of title of the defendant. The jury found the issue for the plaintiffs.
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Practice in Supreme Court. New Trial. Practice in Superior Court. Deeds. Forgery. Before Judge Fort. Stewart Superior Court. April Term, 1886, In an action of ejectment of Collier et al., executors, vs. Patterson, one of the plaintiffs, by affidavit, raised an issue of forgery on a deed from Anderson Covington to G. W. Hamil, which formed part of the chain of title of the defendant. The jury found the issue for the plaintiffs. The case was carried to the Supreme Court, and there the judgment was affirmed (see 75 Ca. 419.) On January 20,1886, the defendant made a motion for a new trial on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. Exhibits annexed to a motion for new trial, and referred to therein as annexed, are part of the record proper, and though constituting the evidence on which the motion was decided, they need not be incorporated in the bill of exceptions. This overrules the motion which was made to dismiss this writ of error, which motion was founded on the fact that the bill of exceptions did not set out certain documentary matter that was annexed as exhibits to the motion for new trial, and which came up in the record, duly certified, as a part of the motion. We rule that whatever…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Patterson v. CollierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- Allen v. YoungSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
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