Patterson v. Drake
Supreme Court of Georgia
* Complaint. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. January 19, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
L A sheriff’s deed is admissible in evidence as a muniment of title when accompanied by the execution under which the land was sold. If the execution is lost or destroyed, and the same is not recorded with the sheriff’s deed, parol evidence as to its contents is admissible after proper proof of its loss or destruction.
2. A transcript from the docket of a justice of the peace, showing a judgment entered thereon, and other entiles relating to the case, when certified by the justice in office having custody of the docket, is admissible in evidence in the courts of the county in which the justice…
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