Ward v. Miller
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Sheppard. Liberty superior court. December 16, 1913. S. K. Ward, as administrator, brought suit against W. C. Prieo &nd E. C. Miller as administrator upon the estate of E. P. Miller, and alleged: The defendants were in possession of a certain tract of land containing 484 acres in Liberty county, and refused to yield possession.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Sheppard. Liberty superior court. December 16, 1913. S. K. Ward, as administrator, brought suit against W. C. Prieo &nd E. C. Miller as administrator upon the estate of E. P. Miller, and alleged: The defendants were in possession of a certain tract of land containing 484 acres in Liberty county, and refused to yield possession. The plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Charles Tutty, claims title to the land, being seized thereof in fee. In the years 1906 and 1907, W. C. Price and E. P. Miller cut cross-ties and pine wood from and upon the land, the…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The second and third grounds of the amended motion for a new trial will be considered along with the exceptions pendente lite to the disallowance of the amendments offered to the petition (which are set forth in the statement of facts), inasmuch as the refusal to allow the witness to testify, as complained of in these grounds, depends on whether the amendments to the petition should have been allowed. The amendments referred to are predicated upon the theory that the judgment obtained against Tutty was void, because, as alleged, he was insane at the time…
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