Hanks v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Tried before Judge Parrott. Murray Superior Court. March Term, 1869. This was ejectment for land lot 187 in the 8th district and 3d section of Murray county, upon the several demises of Asa Adams, John Phillips, et al.', against Amos Bishop and James A. R. Hanks, as administrator of Edward M. Galt, It was brought on the 27fh of March, 1866. The defendants were shown to have been in possession of the premises when the action was commenced, and the annual value of…
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Ejectment. Tried before Judge Parrott. Murray Superior Court. March Term, 1869. This was ejectment for land lot 187 in the 8th district and 3d section of Murray county, upon the several demises of Asa Adams, John Phillips, et al.', against Amos Bishop and James A. R. Hanks, as administrator of Edward M. Galt, It was brought on the 27fh of March, 1866. The defendants were shown to have been in possession of the premises when the action was commenced, and the annual value of the premises was shown. The title produced by plaintiff was a grant of the lot from the State to Asa Adams, a deed from…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCay, J.
1st. The provision in the Code, section 2670, is upon its very face, intended to qualify the ordinary effect of registry. The clause reads: “A registered deed shall be admitted in evidence in any Court in this State without further proof, unless the maker,” etc. It would be a strange construction of the law to hold, that nevertheless, on the trial of the issue thus made up, the deed shall still be considered prima facie proven. As it seems to us, the leading intent of the provision is simply to do away with the effect of the registry by the affidavit of the maker, or his heir, or the party,…
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- Bolden v. CarrollSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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