Lawson v. Prosser
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Park. Baldwin superior court. December 6, 1915. Mrs. Mattie Prosser, as next friend of her daughter, Leone, filed her petition against Emmett L. Lawson, for the recovery of forty-nine acres of land, together with mesne profits. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the land in question, and for mesne profits. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was refused, and he excepted.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Park. Baldwin superior court. December 6, 1915. Mrs. Mattie Prosser, as next friend of her daughter, Leone, filed her petition against Emmett L. Lawson, for the recovery of forty-nine acres of land, together with mesne profits. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the land in question, and for mesne profits. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was refused, and he excepted. The petition, as amended, alleged in substance as follows: . J. M. Prosser died intestate, leaving the plaintiff as his widow, and their infant child Leone. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Mrs. Mattie Prosser, the nominal plaintiff, suing in behalf of her minor daughter, was offered as a witness by the plaintiff to prove certain facts in regard to the making of a deed to the land in question by Mrs. E. E. Prosser. The defendant objected to her testimony, on the ground that she was the plaintiff in the case, and because she was interested in the result of the suit, Mrs. E. E. Prosser, the grantor from whom both the plaintiff and the defendant claimed, being dead; and upon the further ground that the offer of this testimony was an attempt to…
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