Woods v. Mercantile Bank & Trust Co.

Tlie testimony of a party who offers himself as a witness in his own behalf is to be construed most strongly against him, when it is self-contradictory, vague, or equivocal. Shepard v. Chappell, 29 Ga. App. 6 (2) (113 S. E. 23), and citations. If the plaintiff by his testimony proves the facts set forth by his petition, yet on cross-examination disproves his case as laid, a nonsuit will properly be granted. Evans v. Mills, 119 Ga. 448 (2), 450 (46 S. E. 674); Evans v. Schofield’s Sons Co., 120 Ga. 961 (48 S. E. 358). In the instant case the plaintiff by his own evidence has shown that the…