Johnson v. Champion
Supreme Court of Georgia
Witness. Personal representative. Before Judge Jenkins. Baldwin superior court. January adjourned term, 1891. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The sole question in this case is whether the widow, who was sued as executrix de son tort of her husband, was his personal representative within the meaning of the *528“witness act” of 1889, so as to preclude the plaintiff from testifying as to transactions between himself and the decedent out of which the alleged indebtedness arose. Under that act, “where any suit is . . defended . . by the personal representative of a deceased person, the opposite party shall not be admitted to testify in his own favor, as to transactions or communications with such . . deceased person.” Acts…
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