Webb v. Simmons
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint, from city court of Camilla — Judge Scaife. November 7, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
By the Civil Code, §5269 (1), "Where any suit is instituted or defended . . by the personal representative of a deceased person, the opposite party shall not be admitted to testify in his. own favor against the . . deceased person, as to transactions or communications with such . . deceased person.” The present suit was instituted' by the personal representative of .a deceased person, and the defendant sought to testify that certain transactions and communications with the deceased person, the occurrence of which were necessary to the maintenance of the plaintiffs suit, did never in fact…
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