Legal Opinion

Statham v. Council

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 14, 1940No. 13341, 13342PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

S. E. Statham filed suit against Mrs. Nell Council, his former wife. The nature of the litigation sufficiently appears in the report of Council v. Statham, 187 Ga. 13 (199 S. E. 229), when this court dealt with assignments of error relating to the pleadings only. Later a jury found in favor of the defendant. To the overruling of his motion for new trial the plaintiff' excepts;

1. The first special ground of the motion complains that the court withdrew from the jury a negative answer given by the plaintiff, while on the witness stand, to the following question: Q. “Has Mrs.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
  2. Lowry v. LowrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  3. Wilder v. WilderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  4. Romano v. FinleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  5. Browning v. BarberSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Knight v. WingateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  2. Jackson v. Moultrie Production Credit Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  3. Gill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  4. Knight v. WingateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949

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