Patterson v. Collier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Judge. Relationship. Deeds. Forgery. Evidence. Attorney and Client. Justice of the Peace. Before Judge Fort. Stewart Superior Court.
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Judge. Relationship. Deeds. Forgery. Evidence. Attorney and Client. Justice of the Peace. Before Judge Fort. Stewart Superior Court. April Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add, in connection with the third and fourth divisions thereof, that the sixth and seventh grounds of the motion for a new trial were, in substance, as follows: (6.) Because the court erred in ruling that the agreement set out in the second division of the decision did not authorize the records to be used in the same manner as the originals, as ancient deeds. (7.) Because the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
William A. Rawson, one of the plaintiff’s lessors, died pending the action, leaving surviving him his widow and one child by a former marriage, and also leaving a will, in which the widow and others were appointed his executors. The will was proved, and the executors named qualified, and became parties to the suit in lieu of their testator. Before the case came on for trial, Mrs. Rawson died, she having previously received all of her husband’s estate to which she was entitled; after her death, the suit proceeded in the name of the surviving executors. Judge Fort, who presided at…
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