Manning v. Carroll

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The second and third special grounds of the amended motion for new trial complain that the court erred in admitting, over objection of the defendant, testimony of the petitioners to the effect that they understood they were getting all the interest which C. A, Upshaw had in the estate. The ground of objection was that the contract speaks for itself and was the best evidence, and the petitioners should not be permitted to testify what they thought they were buying.

The evidence shows that someone other than the petitioners prepared the…