McLeod v. Bozeman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, from Lee county. Decision by Judge Allen, March Term, 1858. The facts in this case were agreed upon and submitted to the Judge for his decision, and are as follows: The fractional lot in dispute was sold by Wm. J. Davis agent of the State, on the 5th day of May, 1834, and after-wards, on the 21st day of May, 1835. the whole of the purchase money was paid.
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Ejectment, from Lee county. Decision by Judge Allen, March Term, 1858. The facts in this case were agreed upon and submitted to the Judge for his decision, and are as follows: The fractional lot in dispute was sold by Wm. J. Davis agent of the State, on the 5th day of May, 1834, and after-wards, on the 21st day of May, 1835. the whole of the purchase money was paid. The plaintiff’s lessor is the transferree of this certificate of purchase, and the defendant was in possession at the time of the institution of the suit, claiming title to saidspremises_as follows: The Legislature passed an Act…
1Opinion of the Court
By The Court.
Benxing J.
delivering the opinion.
Bozeman, one of the plaintiff’s lessors, received a certificate of purchase to the land in dispute, from W. J. Davis, acting under the authority of an Act of the Legislature, passed in 1833. Bozeman paid up the whole of the purchase money. The Act did not require him to take out a grant — • it did not seem to contemplate a grant. It did not require him to pay any fees of any sort, or to pay any thing but the purchase money. In this respect, it differs from any Act in pari materia, which has been before this Court. .Ads of 1833,37.
The effect, then,…
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