Griffin v. Montgomery & West Point Railroad
26 Ga. 111
Opinion
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
To bind the principal by the admissions of his agent, they [113]*113must be made at the time the thing occurs, or the business is transacted. 1 Greenhaf, sec. 713 and note, and the authorities there cited.*^The conductor is a competent witness in this case, and should have been examined. His sayings, made at a subsequent time, are no part of the res gestm, and were properly excluded by the Court.
Judgment affirmed.
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