Legal Opinion

Stapleton v. Monroe

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 8, 1900PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Complaint. Before Judge Smith. Wilcox superior court. September term, 1899.

1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.

1. An absolute and unconditional promissory note can not be so changed by evidence of a contemporaneous parol agreement as to engraft upon it a condition. Civil Code, §3675.

2. If, in the trial of a case; one party introduce immaterial and illegal evidence without objection, the other party is not thereby entitled to introduce, over objection, other illegal evidence in rebuttal. There can be no equation of errors in the trial of a case. Woolfolk v. State, 81 Ga. 552.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring, except Fish, J., absent.

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Turpin v. North American Acceptance Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  2. Jones v. LawmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
  3. Mason v. BlaytonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  4. Buck v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1916
  5. Savannah News-Press, Inc. v. HartridgeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964

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