Tillinghast, Stark & Co. v. Walton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumpsit, admissibility of Interrogatories. Muscogee Superior Court, May Term, 1848. Before Judge Alexander. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.,
delivering the opinion.
Interrogatories were offered in evidence in this case, executed by Mr. Lee and another, as Commissioners. The answers of the witness were in the hand-writing of Mr. Lee. Mi'. Lee was, at the time of the execution of the Interrogatories, the clerk of Col. Holt, who was counsel for the defendant in error, at whose instance the commission was sued out. The reading of the depositions was objected to,because taken before Mr. Lee as a Commissioner, who was clerk for the counsel of the party who propounded them. Judge Alexander overruled the objection,…
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