Chapman v. Floyd
Supreme Court of Georgia
Justice Courts. Judgments. Nullities. Dedication. Title. Deeds. Laws. Evidence. Jury. New Trial. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Harris. Campbell Superior Court. August Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
This was a claim case; E. Floyd was the plaintiff in fi. fa,; the Fairburn Academy the defendant in fi. fa.; E. B, Chapman the claimant; the fi. fa. issued from a justice’s court January 21st, 1881 ; the levy was on the Fairburn Academy, and the land on which it stood— the defendant in possession at the date of the levy.
The land on the trial was shown to have been in the possession of one McBride in 1847-8. The claimant rested his title on a deed from the trustees of the Methodist E. church, who claimed under a deed from the Atlanta & LaGrange Railroad Company, which claimed…
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