Legal Opinion

Rudulph v. Brown

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 11, 1920No. 1554PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Complaint for land. Before Judge Highsmith. Camden superior court. June 21, 1919. J. H. Rudulph as administrator upon the estate of Jack Price, deceased, brought his petition for injunction against E. Brown, alleging substantially that the defendant was committing certain acts of trespass upon land described, the title to which plaintiff claimed was in him as administrator, and that the defendant was insolvent ánd could not respond in damages.

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Complaint for land. Before Judge Highsmith. Camden superior court. June 21, 1919. J. H. Rudulph as administrator upon the estate of Jack Price, deceased, brought his petition for injunction against E. Brown, alleging substantially that the defendant was committing certain acts of trespass upon land described, the title to which plaintiff claimed was in him as administrator, and that the defendant was insolvent ánd could not respond in damages. The prayer was 'that the defendant be enjoined from cutting and removing the timber from the land described, or otherwise interfering therewith, and to…

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

1. There are but two special grounds of the motion for new trial. The first complains that the court erred in permitting a witness for the defendant, D. B. Cooner, to answer the following question of defendant’s counsel, over objection: “In what condition, with regard to wedlock or marriage, were Jack Price’s [meaning Henry Mack Price] father and mother living at the time he was born?” the witness answering, “Living there as man and. wife.” The objection to this testimony was that there was no wedlock among slaves before the war; and that the witness could…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Marquet v. Aetna Life Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Hansen v. OwensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  3. Watson v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  4. Executors of Adams v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1869
  5. Doe ex dem. Cofer v. RoeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1846

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. National Life & Accident Insurance v. HankersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  2. Cone v. New Britain Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1927
  3. Goode v. TuggleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  4. Jennings v. LonginoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  5. Payne v. Home Savings BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942

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