Whiddon v. Whiddon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Eve. Turner superior court. July 5, 1917. J. W. Whiddon and others filed suit in Turner superior court, to recover of E. D. Whiddon lot of land No. 164 in the first district of originally Irwin county, now Turner county, and for mesne profits. The case came on to be tried, and after the introduction of evidence the court directed a verdict for the plaintiffs for the land, submitting to the jury the issue as to the amount of mesne profits.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Eve. Turner superior court. July 5, 1917. J. W. Whiddon and others filed suit in Turner superior court, to recover of E. D. Whiddon lot of land No. 164 in the first district of originally Irwin county, now Turner county, and for mesne profits. The case came on to be tried, and after the introduction of evidence the court directed a verdict for the plaintiffs for the land, submitting to the jury the issue as to the amount of mesne profits. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted. The facts of the case, so far as…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
The defendant, E. D. Whiddon, plaintiff in error here, ..claimed that in the year 1887 he made with Mrs. Mary E. Henderson an agreement whereby she was to give him lot of land No. 164, the land in dispute, if he would move upon the lot, live *258with, her, and take care of her during her life. He did move upon the land and lived with her and took care of her during her life. There was a conflict in the evidence as to whether she gave him the land or whether she agreed that he might take charge of and have the profits of the land during her life; but he did not get from her any deed whatever.…
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