Russell v. Slaton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, from Fayette county. Tried before JudgeBuLL, at September Term, 1857. This was an action of ejectment brought by John Doe, upon the several demises of James McCarcel, W. JB. Lambeth, Drury May, Joseph Lambeth, Jeptha Y. May and Usibious Slaton, against Richard Roe, casual ejector, and William J. Russell tenant in possession, for lot of land No. 120, in the 7th district of Fayette county, containing 202J acres.
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Ejectment, from Fayette county. Tried before JudgeBuLL, at September Term, 1857. This was an action of ejectment brought by John Doe, upon the several demises of James McCarcel, W. JB. Lambeth, Drury May, Joseph Lambeth, Jeptha Y. May and Usibious Slaton, against Richard Roe, casual ejector, and William J. Russell tenant in possession, for lot of land No. 120, in the 7th district of Fayette county, containing 202J acres. Plaintiff offered and read in evidence the original grant from the State to James McCarcel, produced by defendant under notice, for the lot in dispute; proved the locus, the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] Was the Court right in refusing to require the Sheriff to execute a deed to JohnT. Davis? We think so, and. for the reasons given by the Court.
Was the record of the claim case, admissible under the proof which the defendant preposed to make. The Court held, that it was not, and we cannot say, that, in this, the Court erred.
The title, according to the plaintiff's proof, was standing, at the time of this decision, in William B. Lambeth and Drury May, not in Slaton. It was not afterwards carried by the proof as far as Slaton, but only as far as…
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