Tippins v. Lane

Hutcheson, Justice.

1. It is within the discretion of the trial judge to permit leading questions to be propounded to a witness in the direct examination, or he may sustain objection thereto, a's the ends of justice and the ascertainment of the truth seem to require; and this discretion will not be controlled, unless it be made to appear that injury resulted to the party complaining. Higdon v. Williamson, 140 Ga. 187 (3) (78 S. E. 767); Colley v. Williams, 122 Ga. 841 (50 S. E. 917); City of Rome v. Stewart, 116 Ga. 738 (42 S. E. 1011); Holmes v. Clisby, 121 Ga. 241 (7) (48 S. E. 934, 104 Am.…