Virgin v. Wingfield
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trusts. Witness. Prescription. Possession. Before Judge Pottle. ' Wilkes Superior Court. November Term, 1874. Tin's is the second time this ease has been before this court: See 51si Georgia Reports, 139. » The children of John B. and Elizabeth Weems, filed their bill against Wingfield, administrator of Nicholas Wylie, de-ceased, making, in brief, this case: Soon after the marriage of the said John B. and Elizabeth, they entered into a contract with each other, and with…
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Trusts. Witness. Prescription. Possession. Before Judge Pottle. ' Wilkes Superior Court. November Term, 1874. Tin's is the second time this ease has been before this court: See 51si Georgia Reports, 139. » The children of John B. and Elizabeth Weems, filed their bill against Wingfield, administrator of Nicholas Wylie, de-ceased, making, in brief, this case: Soon after the marriage of the said John B. and Elizabeth, they entered into a contract with each other, and with Samuel B. Wingfield as trustee, by which they conveyed .to the latter all property which should come to the said Elizabeth,…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. The issue on trial here was the right of the complainants to this land, and the transaction between Weems and *454Wylie is not any transaction of the plaintiffs or their agent with him. Weems is not the other party to the suit, or one of the other parties, nor do the complainants claim under him. They propose to prove a fact by Weems, showing Wylie’s knowledge, and if Weems is to be excluded because that fact transpired in a transaction between Weems and Wylie, under which the complainants set up no rights, but on the contrary repudiate, the death of a man would almost wipe out…
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