Cade v. Hatcher
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Superior Court. Equity. Witness. Discovery. Pleadings. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1882. Cade, trustee, filed his bill against B. T. ITatcher, S. B. Hatcher, Susan A. McMichael, formerly Hatcher, Paytona Hunt, formerly Hatcher, and Marshall J. Hatcher, alleging, in brief, as follows : Samuel J. Hatcher died in 1861, leaving a will, by which he devised the whole of his estate to the defendants and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth…
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Practice in Superior Court. Equity. Witness. Discovery. Pleadings. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1882. Cade, trustee, filed his bill against B. T. ITatcher, S. B. Hatcher, Susan A. McMichael, formerly Hatcher, Paytona Hunt, formerly Hatcher, and Marshall J. Hatcher, alleging, in brief, as follows : Samuel J. Hatcher died in 1861, leaving a will, by which he devised the whole of his estate to the defendants and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Hatcher, and appointed the latter as his executrix. In 1871, complainant obtained a judgment against Mrs. Elizabeth…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Three questions are made by this record:
(1.) Did the court err in refusing to allow leading questions to be put to Samuel B. and Benjamin T. Hatcher, who were defendants in the bill, but who were sworn as the complainant’s witnesses, upon their direct examination by the complainant.
(2.) Was there error in refusing to allow the complainant to open and conclude the argument to the jury, when the defendants had put in no evidence, except such as was contained in the answers they were required to make to complainant’s bill ?(3). Did the court err in refusing to enter a decree…
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