Montgomery v. Trustees of the Masonic Hall
Supreme Court of Georgia
Title. Prescription. Husband and Wife. Wills. Easements. Damages. Estates. Before Judge Lawson. Richmond Superior Court. April Term, 1882. Plaintiffs, the Montgomerys, brought case against the Trustees of the Masonic Hall for damages done to a wall of the plaintiffs.
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Title. Prescription. Husband and Wife. Wills. Easements. Damages. Estates. Before Judge Lawson. Richmond Superior Court. April Term, 1882. Plaintiffs, the Montgomerys, brought case against the Trustees of the Masonic Hall for damages done to a wall of the plaintiffs. The facts were, in brief, as follows: In 1824, an ante-nuptial agreement was entered into between General W. W. Montgomery, Augustus Moore.. .guardian, and Miss Janet S. Blair, as precedent to the marriage of General Montgomery and Miss Blair. In this agreement it was provided, among other things, that the husband should settle…
1Opinion of the Court
■Jackson, Chief Justice.
The Montgomerys, as tenants in common of certain ten•ements 'on Broad street in the city of Augusta, brought *44suit against, the Masonic Lodge, of that, city, to recover-damages for the unlawful pulling down of a wall adjoining a wall belonging to a building of the Montgomerys, by which the latter were forced to take down their own. The jury found for the defendants, and, without making a motion for a, new trial, the plaintiffs excepted to-certain rulings of the court on the trial before the jury.
1. One. of the points made by the plaintiff's in error is,, that the Masons…
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