May v. Sorrell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Thomas. Colquitt superior court. January 21, 1921. J. C. May filed his petition against J. T. Sorrell of Colquitt county; and made the following case: On October 30, 1883, he conveyed by deed to Bonus Turner forty acres of land, described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the ninth district of said county, part of lot No. 389, containing forty acres, more or less, being the north side of Bear creek,…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Thomas. Colquitt superior court. January 21, 1921. J. C. May filed his petition against J. T. Sorrell of Colquitt county; and made the following case: On October 30, 1883, he conveyed by deed to Bonus Turner forty acres of land, described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the ninth district of said county, part of lot No. 389, containing forty acres, more or less, being the north side of Bear creek, said creek being the line. The scrivener made a mistake in describing the land, the same being a mutual one between him and…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1, 2. The first and second headnotes do not require any elaboration. In view of the rulings therein made, the only thing left for the determination of the court is whether the court below erred in overruling the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
3. Counsel for the plaintiff insist very earnestly that the judgment of the court below, overruling the motion for new trial, should be reversed on the general grounds. It is urged that this court, when the case was here before (May v. Sorrell, 149 Ga. 610, 101 S. E. 535), held that the bond for title under which…
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