Mendenhall v. Holtzclaw

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The first special ground of the motion for new trial complains because the judge instructed the jury: “In the record there is a deed dated the 12th day of December, 1931, from Lillian D. Finn to J. G. Holtzclaw, which deed has on it what is called an endorsement or quitclaim provision, or release provision, signed by Emory University to Lillian D. Finn, releasing the property described in the deed from any interest that Emory University might have in it as a result of any outstanding lien that it had upon this and other property. This…