Legal Opinion

Millen v. Stines

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 12, 1888PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Verdict. Charge of court. Color ot title. Forgery. Evidence. Before Judge Eain. Murray superior court. August term, 1888. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Simmons, Justice.

M. B. Millen, for himself and as administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of Mary P. Harris, brought complaint for a certain lot of land against Nelson Stines and Jane Stines. Defendants pleaded the general issue. Upon the trial, the plaintiff proved title in himself and L. E. Harris, and showed that L. E. Harris died in 1861, leaving Mary P. Harris as his widow and sole heir, and that plaintiff was the administrator de bonis non, etc. of said Mary P. He also showed that no authority was given, either by L. E. Harris or himself, to J. B. Eain or E. Eain to sell the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stamper v. GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1856
  2. Doe ex dem. Simmons v. RoeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
  3. Griffin v. StamperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Luttrell v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Street v. CollierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. McCann v. WelchWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Blue Ridge Apartment Co. v. Telfair Stockton & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  5. Illinois Steel Co. v. BudziszWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909

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