Legal Opinion

Heath v. Clark

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 17, 1913PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Processioning. Before Judge Hawkins. Laurens superior court. December 31, 1912.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

1. As a rule, that a witness after the trial of a.ease states that he made a mistake in his testimony will not cause a new trial. Especially is this true where there are other witnesses who have not changed their testimony, and who testified substantially to the same facts as those testified to by the witness first mentioned. O’Kelly v. Felker, 71 Ga. 775; Clark v. State, 117 Ga. 254 (43 S. E. 853).

2. The court’s instruction to the jury that “when one has been actually in possession of land for more than seven years under a claim of right, such claim shall be respected by the proeessioners,”…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. O'Kelly v. FelkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  3. Johnson v. ReevesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Field v. ProctorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  2. Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway Co. v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  3. Stevens v. CalderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  4. Wiggins v. JamesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923

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