Case Name: Holtzclaw, administrator, v. Edmondson
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1901-11-08
Citations: 114 Ga. 171
Docket Number: 
Parties: Holtzclaw, administrator, v. Edmondson.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 114
Pages: 171–171

Head Matter:
Holtzclaw, administrator, v. Edmondson.
Argued October 14,
Decided November 8, 1901.
Ejectment. Before Judge Eite. Murray superior court. February term, 1901.
R. J. & J. McCamy, for plaintiff.
Jones & Martin, for defendant.

Opinion:
immons, C. J.
1. A certified copy of a deed, taken from the proper records, is, when the loss or destruction of the original has been shown, admissible in evidence to prove the existence, genuineness, and contents of the original. Hayden v. Mitchell, 103 Ga. 431.
. There was sufficient evidence to authorize the jury to find that the defendant had acquired a good prescriptive title to the land in dispute, and a verdict in his favor was not contrary to law.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.