Citizens Trust Co. v. Butler
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 25 Ga. App. 623.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. In this State a secretary of a banking corporation who is not a stockholder therein, or otherwise beneficially or pecuniarily interested in the transaction, is not disqualified from attesting, as an official witness, a deed of conveyance in which the corporation is the grantee; there being no express statute forbidding such officer to act. 1 C. J. 808, § 117; 1 R. C. L. 272, § 44; Cases cited in Note to Ardmore Nat. Bank v. Briggs Mach. Co., 23 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1075-1078; Woodland Bank v. Oberhaus, 125 Cal. 320 (57 Pac. 1070); Florida Savings Bank &c. v. Rivers, 36 Fla. 575 (18 So. 850);…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Austin v. Southern Home Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Horbach v. TyrrellNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
- Ogden Building & Loan Ass'n v. MenschIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Harvard v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
- Jones v. EzellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- First National Bank v. State Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- FOURTH NATIONAL BANK &C. v. HowellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
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