Case Name: Clayton et al. v. West
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1895-07-25
Citations: 97 Ga. 328
Docket Number: 
Parties: Clayton et al. v. West.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 328–328

Head Matter:
Clayton et al. v. West.
July 25, 1895.
Complaint for land. Before Judge Wellborn. White-.superior court. October term, .1894.
. J. W. H. Underwood' and H. H. Dean, for plaintiffs in error. W. T. Grane and J. B. J ones, contra.

Opinion:
Lumpkin, J.
1. One who was a stranger to a proceeding to> establish a copy of a lost deed, and who neither claims under . the grantee therein nor is.in privity with him, is not estopped. ' from attacking the correctness of the copy established.
2. It appearing from the evidence in the record, taken all together, that the plaintiff below was not a party to the proceeding to establish the .lost copy.in question, the court erred in rejecting evidence offered by him to show that the copy was-not in fact correct, and properly corrected this error by granting. a new trial. Judgment affirmed.