Anthony v. Stephens
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Condition in deed. Covenant. Notice. Estoppel. Before Judge Cole. Bibb county. At Chambers. July 11th, 1872. Edwin R. Anthony and his wife, Susan S. Anthony, filed their bill against Alexander H. Stephens, William P. Carlos, Austin Brighthaupt and his wife, Rose Brighthaupt, making the following case: Susan S. Anthony, while a widow, purchased three lots in the city of Macon, lying side by side.
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Injunction. Condition in deed. Covenant. Notice. Estoppel. Before Judge Cole. Bibb county. At Chambers. July 11th, 1872. Edwin R. Anthony and his wife, Susan S. Anthony, filed their bill against Alexander H. Stephens, William P. Carlos, Austin Brighthaupt and his wife, Rose Brighthaupt, making the following case: Susan S. Anthony, while a widow, purchased three lots in the city of Macon, lying side by side. She married Edwin R. Anthony in the month of May, 1862, his marital rights thereby attaching to said property, though he generally allowed. his said wife to manage the same. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a bill filed by the complainants against the defendants, praying for an injunction to restrain Austin Brighthaupt and his wife, Rose, persons of color, from exercising acts of ownership over a certain city lot in the city of Macon, or further building thereon, on the ground that there is a clause in the deed conveying the lot to Stephens by the complainants, dated 4th March, 1872, under whom it is alleged the defendants claim title, in the following words: “ On the express understanding and agreement, on the part of the said Alexander II. Stephens, that the lot…
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