Legal Opinion

Brown v. Persons

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1873PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Landlord and tenant. Vendor and purchaser. Before Judge Wright. Fayette Superior Court. October Term, 1872. For the facts of this case, see the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Warner, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in the Court below .sued out a warrant to dispossess the defendant from a tract of land in the county of JFayette, under the 4005th section of the Code, as a tenant at' sufferance. The defendant filed his counter-affidavit denying that he held the possession of the land, either by lease or rent or at will, or by sufferance or otherwise, from the plaintiff. On the trial of the issue before the jury, it appears from the evidence *49in the record, that the plaintiff- sold the land to the defendant for the sum of $1,200 00, the defendant paying therefor at the…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. MacKenna v. JordanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  2. Watson v. ToliverSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Barkley-Cupit Enterprises, Inc. v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. Smith v. Singleton, Hunt & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  5. Miron Motel, Inc. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955

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