Kelley v. Tucker

This was a suit for land, brought by W. B. Tucker against Thomas J. Kelley. The verdict was in favor of the plaintiff, and the ease is here on exceptions by the defendant to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The plaintiff relied upon an alleged chain of title extending from the State of Georgia to himself, as shown in an abstract attached to the petition as an exhibit. The abstract was referred to in paragraph 6 of the petition. In his answer the defendant stated that paragraph 6 of the petition is “neither admitted or denied for the want of sufficient information.” The defendant…