Aiken v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Parker. Glynn superior court. The owners-of “Retreat Plantation,” a tract of land on the island of Saint Simons in the county of Glynn, carved out of it a smaller tract, which was laid off in separate lots, streets and alleys, and called “King City.”
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Parker. Glynn superior court. The owners-of “Retreat Plantation,” a tract of land on the island of Saint Simons in the county of Glynn, carved out of it a smaller tract, which was laid off in separate lots, streets and alleys, and called “King City.” A map of it was executed on October 30, 1886, filed for record in the office of the clerk of the superior court on November 17, 1891, and recorded March 24, 1893. Mrs. Bena Wallace purchased a part of the property and received a deed from the owners, dated September 12, 1896, and immediately entered…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The deed under which Mrs. Wallace claimed title from the proprietors of King City contained the following: “All that lot of land known as the 'Hotel Reservation’ in King City on the Island of St. Simons, in said County of Glynn, and more particularly and perfectly described on the map and plan of said King City shown in Record Book 'KK,’ page 593, of the Genera] Records of said County, and being bounded on the North by Floyd street; on the South by Mallory street; on the East by lots 'G’ and ‘K’ and twenty feet of a short alley: and on the West by high-water mark. Said above-described…
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