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Brooke v. McWhorterBrooke v. McWhorter

Supreme Court of Georgia
May 12, 1908
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Holden
Holden, J.

‘It appearing that the writing ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‍filed, purporting to be a plea of the defendant, was ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‍not signed by him or his counsel, it was error, requiring ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‍a new trial, to refuse a motion of the plaintiff to ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‍strike the same because of this fact. Judgment reversed.

All the Justices ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‍concur. J. P. Brown, for plaintiff. -James Davison, for defendant.

Case Details

Case Name: Brooke v. McWhorter
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: May 12, 1908
Citations: 130 Ga. 590; 61 S.E. 404; 1908 Ga. LEXIS 358
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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