Bourquin v. Bourquin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Meldrim. Chatham superior court. June 8, 1920. Elliott Bourquin filed his petition against Guillemain Bourquin, the Savannah Bank & Trust Company, a corporation, and Henry Sheafter, and alleged in substance as follows: Gugie Bourquin, the plaintiff’s father, died intestate on or about November, 1902, seized and possessed of 2038 acres, more or less, of land on the Ogeechee road about five miles from the City of Savannah, known as the Newton…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Meldrim. Chatham superior court. June 8, 1920. Elliott Bourquin filed his petition against Guillemain Bourquin, the Savannah Bank & Trust Company, a corporation, and Henry Sheafter, and alleged in substance as follows: Gugie Bourquin, the plaintiff’s father, died intestate on or about November, 1902, seized and possessed of 2038 acres, more or less, of land on the Ogeechee road about five miles from the City of Savannah, known as the Newton plantation. No administration has ever been had on the estate of Gugie Bourquin, and it is still unadministered; and…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. During the trial of the case the court sustained an objection to the following questions and answers; the questions being propounded by counsel for the plaintiff, who was testifying in his own behalf: “ Q. Do you know the Newton plantation? A. Yes. Q. At the time of Gugie Bourquin’s death who owned that? A. My father.” It is insisted that the court erred in ruling out the evidence objected to, because it is insisted that the substantive fact of the ownership of real estate may be proved by parol, when there is no effort to go into the contents of any…
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