Becker v. Donalson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Spence. Decatur superior court. December 28, 1908. This was a suit by John E. Donalson and tbe Chattahoochee Lumber Company for specific performance of an alleged agreement to convey a certain tract of land in Decatur county, Georgia, and for an injunction to prevent interference with the property. The verdict was for the plaintiffs. The defendants excepted to the judgment overruling their motion for a new trial.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Spence. Decatur superior court. December 28, 1908. This was a suit by John E. Donalson and tbe Chattahoochee Lumber Company for specific performance of an alleged agreement to convey a certain tract of land in Decatur county, Georgia, and for an injunction to prevent interference with the property. The verdict was for the plaintiffs. The defendants excepted to the judgment overruling their motion for a new trial. A cross-bill of exceptions complains of the allowance of an amendment to the defendants’ answer. The other facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. One ground of the motion for new trial complains of error in allowing a witness to testify that ”the $1250.00 which was paid for this land was credited on the ledger of the Donalson Lumber Company kept by B. A. Becker. Mr. B. A. Becker made the entries; it is in his handwriting.” The same ground complains of error in admitting in evidence the entry referred to by the witness, which appeared “on the ledger No. 3, page 590, the substance and effect of which was to credit Ed. C. Becker in the year 1897 by the purchase of 625 acres of land, July 6th, 1894, $1250.75.” The objection urged to the…
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