Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Graves

This appeal is from a verdict and judgment for damage by fire alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant.

The first insistence of error is that the court erred in admitting in evidence, over the objection and exception of appellant, a list or memorandum of the articles destroyed by the fire. Appellee, plaintiff, testified that he made the memorandum, and “knew that said stuff was in there.” Fairly interpreted, this can mean nothing else than that the witness knew the memorandum to be correct. The rule is that, if the witness testifies that he knows the contents of the…