Rountree v. Rentfroe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Thomas. Brooks superior court. November 10, 1911. Mrs. Mary A. Bentfroe filed her petition against S. S. Bountree. for the purpose of canceling a deed made to the defendant in 1905. She alleged that it was made for the purpose of securing an indebtedness of her husband, due to the grantee as surviving partner of Bountree & Company. The ■ defendant denied the substantial allegations of the petition.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Thomas. Brooks superior court. November 10, 1911. Mrs. Mary A. Bentfroe filed her petition against S. S. Bountree. for the purpose of canceling a deed made to the defendant in 1905. She alleged that it was made for the purpose of securing an indebtedness of her husband, due to the grantee as surviving partner of Bountree & Company. The ■ defendant denied the substantial allegations of the petition. On the trial the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff showed, in brief, as follows: Bentfroe was indebted to Bountree as surviving partner several hundred dollars.…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. In giving the history of the transaction, and showing who negotiated with Eountree in respect of the loan, and for whose benefit it was made, there was no error in allowing Eentfroe, the husband, to testify that he was the one who borrowed the money from Eountree. The objection made to this evidence was that it was irrelevant, and that the question was to whom Eountree extended the credit, and who signed the notes. But the evidence was not subject to this objection.
2. In Schofield v. Jones, 85 Ga. 816 (11 S. E. 1032), it was held, that husband and wife…
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