Anderson v. Green
Supreme Court of Georgia
"Verdict. Practice. Decree. Plene administravit prater. Juror. Probate. Statute of limitations. Estoppel. Immaterial error. Manumission. Presumption. Purchase by executor. Eelief law. Before Judge Gibson. Burke Superior Court. May Term, 1871. John Anderson filed his bill against Moses P. Green, as executor of Augustus H. Anderson, deceased, making the following case: Augustus H. Anderson died in the year 1853 testate, leaving a large estate of realty and personalty.
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"Verdict. Practice. Decree. Plene administravit prater. Juror. Probate. Statute of limitations. Estoppel. Immaterial error. Manumission. Presumption. Purchase by executor. Eelief law. Before Judge Gibson. Burke Superior Court. May Term, 1871. John Anderson filed his bill against Moses P. Green, as executor of Augustus H. Anderson, deceased, making the following case: Augustus H. Anderson died in the year 1853 testate, leaving a large estate of realty and personalty. The sixth and seventh items of his will were as follows, to wit: “Item 6th. I desire and direct that my executors cause to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomery, Judge.
1. For the sake of convenience, I will consider the first and twenty-first points decided by the Court, together. To permit a party against whom a verdict is rendered, when it is plain and unambiguous in its terms and legal effect, to examine the jury as to their meaning, is to give great advantage to a litigant of influence and position in his county, when opposed by one of little or no influence. The jury room is the proper place for the jurors to give their views as *376to wliat the verdict should be, and having there come to a conclusion as to the rights of the parties, they…
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