Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 63Edward O. Jenkins, 1881 - Equity |
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Page 151 - That no person offered as a witness shall hereafter be excluded, by reason of incapacity from crime or interest, from giving evidence, either in person or by deposition, according to the practice of the Court, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in any Court, or before any judge, jury, sheriff, coroner, magistrate, officer, or person having, by law or by consent of parties, authority to hear,...
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Page 721 - ... settlement. Every restriction upon her power in it must be complied with ; but while the wife may contract, she cannot bind her separate estate by any contract of suretyship, nor by any assumption of the debts of her husband, and any sale of her separate estate, made to a creditor of her husband in extinguishment of his debts, shall be absolutely void.
Page 359 - Defendant moved for a new trial, because the verdict was contrary to law and evidence, and because of the charge set out in the first division of the decision.
Page 288 - The jury found for the defendant. The plaintiff moved for a new trial upon the following grounds, among others: "Because the court erred in charging the jury as follows : 1st.
Page 259 - Again, appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to give in charge to the Jury the...
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Page 151 - ... the persons in whose behalf any such suit, action, or other proceeding may be brought or defended, shall, except as hereinafter excepted, be competent and compellable to give evidence, either viva voce or by deposition, according to the practice of the court, on behalf of either or any of the parties to the said suit, action, or other proceeding.
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