Curlew v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Before Judge Ellis. Eulton superior court. December 21, 1915. Major Curlew and Jane Moore brought ejectment against Maria Jones. Plaintiffs and defendant claimed - title through one Jack Curlew. Jack, Charlie, Major, and Jane (the last two named being plaintiffs in this case) were sister and brothers of the same mother. Jack Curlew, from whom plaintiffs seek to derive title by inheritance, intermarried in 1901 with Kate Eambro, or Kate Campbell.
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Ejectment. Before Judge Ellis. Eulton superior court. December 21, 1915. Major Curlew and Jane Moore brought ejectment against Maria Jones. Plaintiffs and defendant claimed - title through one Jack Curlew. Jack, Charlie, Major, and Jane (the last two named being plaintiffs in this case) were sister and brothers of the same mother. Jack Curlew, from whom plaintiffs seek to derive title by inheritance, intermarried in 1901 with Kate Eambro, or Kate Campbell. Kate Eambro (or Campbell) in 1891 was married to Grant Campbell. She and Grant Campbell separated. There was no evidence of divorce or of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing-facts.) The uncontradicted evidence in the case shows that Kate Curlew, or Kate Campbell, at the time the ceremony of marriage was performed between herself and Jack Curlew, was a married woman, having a living husband, Grant Campbell. That being true, her marriage to. J ack Curlew was void, and the ceremony of marriage did not make her his wife. U]3on his death she inherited nothing from him and took no title to his real estate, and her deed to the defendant in this case conveyed no title as against the plaintiffs, who were the brother and sister of Jack CurleAV…
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