Crockett v. Crockett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Deeds. Estates. Charge of Court. Yerdict. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1884. Georgia E. Crockett brought .complaint against Earls-worth Crockett to recover $497.27 rents collected from, certain property in which she owned an interest. The property consisted of certain lots on McIntosh street, in Macon, Georgia, and a lot on Bass street in the same city.
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Equity. Deeds. Estates. Charge of Court. Yerdict. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1884. Georgia E. Crockett brought .complaint against Earls-worth Crockett to recover $497.27 rents collected from, certain property in which she owned an interest. The property consisted of certain lots on McIntosh street, in Macon, Georgia, and a lot on Bass street in the same city. Plaintiff claimed that she was entitled to one-fourth of the rents from the McIntosh street property and one-half of those from that on Bass street. . Defendant pleaded the general issue and an equitable plea,…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
This was a bill filed to reform a deed upon: the ground of mistake, the deed béin'g voluntary.’ The jury found for defendant, and the plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, and plaintiff excepted.
1. The first ground in the motion for new trial is,''that the court erred in charging the jury, “ That if there was á mistake in the deed, that the jury must be clearly satisfied on that point. The evidence must be so strong as td leave no reasonable doubt on the mind of-the jury as'to whether it was a mistake or not.”
The rule here laid down is not the…
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