Case Name: Hearn v. Red Devil Company
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1923-10-11
Citations: 31 Ga. App. 84
Docket Number: 14417
Parties: Hearn v. Red Devil Company.
Judges: Jenldns, P. J'., and Stephens, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 84–84

Head Matter:
14417.
Hearn v. Red Devil Company.
Decided October 11, 1923.
Complaint; from city court of Valdosta—Judge Little. Febru- ' ary 15, 1923.
Patterson & Copeland, for plaintiff in error.
A. T. Woodward, Dan R. Bruce, contra.

Opinion:
Bell, J.
Where a witness testifies to a fact, the presumption, in the absence of anything to the contrary, is that he is testifying from his own knowledge and recollection. Shaw v. Jones, 133 Ga. 446 (3) (66 S. E. 240); Flint River & Northeastern R. Co. v. Maples, 10 Ga. App. 573 (2) (73 S. E. 957); Atlanta Glass Co. v. Noizet, 88 Ga. 43 (2) (13 S. E. 833). Where a witness testifies to the weights of certain articles weighed by himself, and his testimony is based apparently upon his independent recollection, it is not rendered inadmissible merely because it may appear, without more, that he made a memorandum of the weights at the time, which is not produced. The evidence authorized the finding and judgment rendered by the judge, sitting without a jury, and it was not error to overrule the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Jenldns, P. J'., and Stephens, J., concur.