Case Name: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Thompson
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1919-02-12
Citations: 23 Ga. App. 421
Docket Number: 9710
Parties: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Thompson.
Judges: Broyles, P. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 421–421

Head Matter:
9710.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Thompson.
Decided February 12, 1919.
Action on insurance policy; from city, court of Waycross—Judge Crawley. March 19, 1918.
Parks & Peed, for plaintiff in error.
Parker & Parker, contra.

Opinion:
Stephens, J.
1. The suit not having been instituted by an indorsee, assignee, transferee, or the personal representative, of a deceased person, it was error to exclude the testimony of a witness for the defendant upon the ground that his testimony purported to be as to transactions or communications with a deceased person. Cody v. First National Bank, 103 Ga. 789 (3) (30 S. E. 281). It was also error to exclude this testimony on the other grounds interposed.
2. The testimony offered by the defendant was relevant to the issue, and the court erred in excluding it and directing a verdict for the plaintiff.
3. The law of this ease was settled by this court when the case was here before. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Thompson, 20 Ga. App. 706 (93 S. E. 299).
Judgment reversed,
Broyles, P. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.