Supreme Court of Georgia, 1899

Holliday v. Griffith Bros. & West

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 26, 1899 · Lumpkin

108 Ga. 803; 34 S.E. 126; 1899 Ga. LEXIS 447

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

City of Atlanta v. Hawkins (Ga. Ct. App. 1932)
Aspinwall v. Chisholm & Co. (Ga. 1899)

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Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, P. J.

1. When it appears that a contract has been reduced to writing and duly executed, it is erroneous to admit, over proper objection, parol evidence as to its contents; and proving by parol what a given writing does not contain is as much forbidden as proving in this manner what it does contain.

2. The court below erred in overruling the certiorari.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.

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