Castleberry v. Black
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Title. Prescription. Before Judge Rice. White Superior Court. October Term, 1816. Catherine D. Castleberry, on March llth, 1816, brought ejectment against Black. Thomas G. Sears was made a party defendant on his own motion.
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Ejectment. Title. Prescription. Before Judge Rice. White Superior Court. October Term, 1816. Catherine D. Castleberry, on March llth, 1816, brought ejectment against Black. Thomas G. Sears was made a party defendant on his own motion. Plaintiff introduced the following evidence: 1. Plat and grant from the state to Mary Castleberry, dated November 15, 1825. 2. Deed from Mary Castleberry to "William Castleberry, dated November 22, 1825. 3. Deed from William W. Castleberry, as administrator of William Castleberry (certified copies of the letters of administration being introduced) to plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff *388against the defendants to recover the possession of a lot of land in the county of White. The defendants claimed title to the land by prescription, under the provisions of the 2683d section of the Code, and the only question made here by the plaintiff in error, was whether the quit-claim deed under which the defendants went into the possession of the land, was such written evidence of title as that seven years’ possession under it, would give a good title by prescription. The court below held that it would, if the…
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