Watts v. Starr
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Evidence. Witness. Impeachment. Charge of court. Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. February term, 1890. Ejectment was brought upon the demise of James A. Watts as sole heir of John C. Watts. The defendant obtained a verdict, and 'the plaintiff moved for a new trial. The motion was overruled, and exceptions were taken.
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Ejectment. Evidence. Witness. Impeachment. Charge of court. Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. February term, 1890. Ejectment was brought upon the demise of James A. Watts as sole heir of John C. Watts. The defendant obtained a verdict, and 'the plaintiff moved for a new trial. The motion was overruled, and exceptions were taken. For this report it is sufficient to state three grounds of the motion, to be taken in connection with the statements in the decision: The plaintiff based his right to recover the land sued for on the facts that James Watts executed and delivered to John C.…
1Opinion of the Court
JBleckley, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff is clearly entitled to á new trial, because the court charged the jury on an assumed state of facts. There was no evidence of any sale of the land to John O. Watts, the plaintiff’s father, or that any notes for the price were given, or that any contract of sale was made or cancelled or that notes for the price were returned and the deed given back. What any person other than the plaintiff or his father may have said on these subjects, was not evidence to affect him, nor was it evidence at all except as bearing on the credibility of witnesses. The court…
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