STANLEY v. WILLINGHAM

35791.

93 Ga. App. 421 (1956)

91 S.E.2d 791

STANLEY v. WILLINGHAM.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Gardner & Kelley, for plaintiff in error.

Edwin L. Sterne, contra.


FELTON, C. J.

1. Each party testified that the other assaulted him. In such circumstances the characters of both parties for peaceableness and violence were in issue and the court did not err in admitting testimony on the subject. Swinney v. Wright, 35 Ga.App. 45, 48 (132 S. E. 228).

2. The question of the plaintiff's general good character was not involved in the case and there was no effort to impeach him; therefore, the court erred in admitting...

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