97 Ga. 408 | Ga. | 1896
1. A deed to realty of considerable value, though on its face purporting to be executed upon a nominal money consideration only, may be supported by evidence showing that the grantee was the grantor’s daughter, and that the real consideration was love and affection.
2. While, if practicable, the better practice would be to conceal from the jury trying a case the existence and contents of a. former verdict rendered in the same '-ase, a refusal to allow the verdict to be covered up by pasting over it a piece of paper-will not be cause for a new trial, when that verdict was in favor of the party requesting its concealment, and the court,, while informing the jury that it had been set aside, also distinctly, carefully and explicitly instructed them to treat it as-though it did not exist, and to found their verdict upon the evidence then before them in the case.
3. There was no error in rejecting evidence tending to show that an alleged agent of another person had knowledge of facts-