Legal Opinion
Parrott v. Edwards
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1966No. 41811PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eberhardt, Judge.
The evidence amply supports the verdict; the general grounds are without merit.
Exclusion of the Barnwell deposition was error. It was taken in a companion case, growing out of the same automobile collision, involving the same or substantially the same issues and between substantially the same parties. Code § 38-314; Myrick v. Sievers, 104 Ga. App. 95 (121 SE2d 185). .It is not necessary that the parties to the two cases be the same, only substantially the same. The test is fully met here. That John McKenzie is a party appearing in the second suit but not in the first is not…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Moore v. Atlanta Transit System, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- Cohen v. WhitemanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
- Wright v. the Concrete CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Gavan v. EllsworthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Joseph Oliveri v. Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. And Crowley Maritime Corp., and Third-Party v. Midland-Ross Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Doctors Hospital of Augusta, Inc. v. BonnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990