Black v. New Holland Baptist Church

Eberhardt, Judge.(a) Error is enumerated on the exclusion of testimony as to admissions alleged to have been made by R. 0. Pilgrim, who was treasurer of the church and a member of its board of deacons, (and who had died after making the alleged admissions) as to the condition of the house and the church’s responsibility for Black’s injuries.

Black’s father testified, as did Ralph Vandiver, that Vandiver called Pilgrim on the telephone to ascertain what the church would do about his son’s injuries. Vandiver asserted that Pilgrim stated over the telephone that the house "was run down, had been a…