Hubbard v. Rutherford

1. In an action to cancel a deed on the grounds of mental incapacity of the grantor, and of undue influence exercised by the grantee, the opinion of a non-expert witness as to the grantor’s insanity, accompanied by the .reason for such opinion, may be given in evidence. The sufficiency of the reasons of the witness for his opinion is not a question for the court, but for the jury, in estimating the weight to which the opinion is entitled. Frizzell v. Reed, 77 Ga. 724 (5). Tested by the foregoing, the opinions of the non-expert witnesses, to the effect that the grantor was of unsound mind,…