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107 Ga. 324

Coker v. Evitt

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 21, 1899

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1899-04-21

<p>When a case turns upon a single question of fact and the evidence bearing upon it is so conflicting as to render the result doubtful, it is erroneous and misleading to submit to the jury as a disputed issue a material matter concerning which there was no controversy whatever between the parties. An error of the nature above indicated requires a new trial in the present case.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 1923

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Decided 1899-04-21

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Lumpkin, P. J.

¶1This was a claim case, which resulted in a verdict finding subject the property levied on. The only issue contested at the trial was whether or not a deed from the de*325fendant in execution to the claimant, under which she asserted title, was, with her knowledge, made for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. There was not a particle of evidence to show that this was a purely voluntary conveyance, and the instrument itself recited a valuable consideration. Nevertheless, the trial judge submitted to the jury, as if it were a disputed issue, the question whether or not the deed was wholly without consideration. This was obviously erroneous and calculated to mislead the jury. It follows, the case being a close one upon its facts, that the claimant is entitled to a new trial.

¶2Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.
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