Lasseter v. Simpson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Minors. Parties. Pleadings. Amendment. Witness. Evidence. Practice in Supreme Court. New Trial. Before Judge Bower. Decatur Superior Court. May Term, 1886. Edgar A. Simpson and his wife, and said Edgar A. as nest friend of Annie Moore, a minor, filed their bill against B. F. Lasseter and others, alleging, in brief, as follows: In 1864, Augustus Moore died, leaving certain real and and personal property.
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Minors. Parties. Pleadings. Amendment. Witness. Evidence. Practice in Supreme Court. New Trial. Before Judge Bower. Decatur Superior Court. May Term, 1886. Edgar A. Simpson and his wife, and said Edgar A. as nest friend of Annie Moore, a minor, filed their bill against B. F. Lasseter and others, alleging, in brief, as follows: In 1864, Augustus Moore died, leaving certain real and and personal property. His widow administered upon his estate, but subsequently was remarried to one John Cameron, who succeeded to the administration and gave an administrator’s bond with John Lasseter as one of…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. Where a minor by next friend is one of the complainants, and pending the action the minor becomes of age, the name of the next friend may be stricken by amendment, and the cause proceed. Sims vs. Renwick 25 Ga. 58.
2. The more regular form of pleading is for the minor to sue by the next friend, but if the next friend sue as next friend of the minor, it is the same thing in sub-stand.
3. The specific ground on which the competency of a witness was denied must be disclosed. If he testifies to various facts, some of which he was competent to prove, a general allegation…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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