Strong v. Powell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Richard Ii. Clark. DeKalb superior court. August term, 1892. This ease was formerly before the Supreme Court, and a report of it will be found in 87 Ga. 138, under the name of Adams et al. v. Powell.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Richard Ii. Clark. DeKalb superior court. August term, 1892. This ease was formerly before the Supreme Court, and a report of it will be found in 87 Ga. 138, under the name of Adams et al. v. Powell. On the second trial the plaintiff filed an amendment as follows: “ The northern boundary of the land sued for is an old hedgerow where an old fence once stood, which has long since rotted down; and the eastern boundary is a line parallel with the west line of said land lot No. 200, and is .an extension noi’thward of the east line of the tract of land formerly…
1Opinion of the Court
*592 Judgment reversed.
“If you believe from the evidence that the plaintiff and the defendant both trace title back to Mrs. Dorsey— Mrs. Mary E. Dorsey, then she is the common grantor of both, and the plaintiff has shown his right to recover so far as that is concerned, upon that ground. Upon that, gentlemen of the jury, I will charge you hereafter, you taking cognizance of what I charge you now, and applying it to what I will charge you hereafter in regard to this matter. In short, you must believe from the evidence that they both claim under Mrs. Mary E. Dorsey, to give the plaintiff- a right…
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