Camp v. Ledford
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Judge.
The first special ground of the amended motion for new trial contends that the following material evidence was illegally admitted by the court to the jury over the objection of the plaintiff at the time it was offered, on the grounds that it was hearsay and not admissible: “There was a lady come down there and she said she was a doctor and she looked at Mr. Camp and says, ‘He is just shook up.’ After she came down there she told us to scatter back, she was a doctor.” This evidence is clearly hearsay and, properly, was inadmissible in evidence. See Sullivan v. Hugly, 32 Ga. 316,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Travelers Insurance v. SheppardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Wynes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Harnage v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
- Sullivan v. HuglySupreme Court of Georgia · 1861
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