Knorr v. Raymond
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Principal and Agent. Possession. lies Gestes. Prescription. Infancy. Minors. Husband and Wife. Words and Phrases. Estates. Reversions New Trial. Judgments. Trustees. Title. Contracts. Estoppel. Heeds. Notice. Before Judge Adams. Chat-ham Superior Court. June Term, 1884. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Judge.
On May 10th, 1880, ejectment was begun in Chatham superior court, by the defendants in error, upon the following undisputed facts:
On October 1st, 1869, Augustus P. Wetter, for a valuable consideration, conveyed the premises, in fee simple, as his own property, to Dr. Erastus E. Marcy, who, on December 24th thereafter, made a deed of gift thereof to his daughter, Mrs. Emma Raymond. Wetter’s claim of title was based on the 2d item of the will of Margaret Telfair, his wife’s grandmother. But the construction thereof, which made him the beneficiary legatee, was overruled by this…
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