Georgia Land & Securities Co. v. Chapman
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from Liberty superior court — Judge Sheppard. December 18, 1919. David. L. Chapman was sued by the Georgia Land & Securities Company on certain promissory notes purporting to have been signed by him and payable to Silas W. Ferguson, one for $1,200 principal and others for interest thereon, dated July 15, 1916, to secure which, it was alleged, he executed a conveyance of certain land to Ferguson.
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Complaint; from Liberty superior court — Judge Sheppard. December 18, 1919. David. L. Chapman was sued by the Georgia Land & Securities Company on certain promissory notes purporting to have been signed by him and payable to Silas W. Ferguson, one for $1,200 principal and others for interest thereon, dated July 15, 1916, to secure which, it was alleged, he executed a conveyance of certain land to Ferguson. In his answer and his evidence the defendant denied that he had signed the notes or the deed. The verdict was for the defendant. The documentary evidence referred to in paragraph 1 of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. The court, in admitting the documentary evidence referred to in the 1st special ground of the motion for a new trial, erred in restricting it to the purpose of comparison as to the defendant’s handwriting. Under all the facts of the case this evidence should have gone to the jury without any restriction whatever.
2. A ground of the motion for a new trial which assigns error on the refusal to allow a witness to answer a certain question, hut does not show that at the time of the ruling complained of the court was informed as to the answer expected from the witness, is too defective to be…
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