Scurry v. Cotton States Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Witness. Party to suit. Evidence. Before Judge Strozer. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1873. When this case was called, a motion was made to dismiss the writ of error, because no record accompanied the bill of exceptions. The facts on which this motion was based were as follows: At the trial of the case, cross-bills of exceptions were filed.
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Witness. Party to suit. Evidence. Before Judge Strozer. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1873. When this case was called, a motion was made to dismiss the writ of error, because no record accompanied the bill of exceptions. The facts on which this motion was based were as follows: At the trial of the case, cross-bills of exceptions were filed. The record came up in the case in which the Cotton States Life Insurance Company was plaintiff in error, determined at the last term of this court. This case arrived too late for last term, and was therefore returned to the present term. No record…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant oh the following instrument:
“Received of James R. Scurry three hundred and seventy-five dollars, same being in payment of insurance in Cotton *626States Insurance Company; this receipt being binding on said company until policy is received.
J. S. RaixVES,
Agent of C. 8. Life Ins. Co., of Macon, Ga.
Baker county, Ga., Sept. 6th, 1871.
On the trial of this case, Raines, thé agent, was offered as a witness for the defendant to prove, amongst other things, that it was the intention and understanding of himself and…
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