Marion v. Hoyt

Blandford, Justice.

This was an action to recover a certain tract of land in the city of Atlanta.

It was admitted that Lemuel Dean was the original owner of the land sued for.' Plaintiffs introduced a deed from Lemuel Dean to Hammond Marshall, dated May 2, 1863; also a sheriff’s deed to S. B. Hoyt and John R. Wallace, reciting that the land had’been sold under execution against Marshall, dated 3d of May, 1870, and closed.

Defendant introduced a deed’ from Lemuel Dean to Thomas M. Dean, dated March 17th, 1863, proved that Thomas M. died shortly thereafter, leaving an infant sonf Thomas W. Dean,…