Scoville v. Lamar
Supreme Court of Georgia
• 'Complaint for land. Before Judge Searcy. Butts superior court. September 9, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. It is essential to the maintenance of an action of ejectment that the premises alleged to have been demised be described with such certainty as that, in the event of a recovery by the plaintiff, a writ of possession issued upon the judgment and describing the premises as laid in the petition shall so identify the premises sued for as that the sheriff in the execution of the writ can deliver the possession in accordance with the mandate. Harwell v. Foster, 97 Ga. 264 (22 S. E. 994); Hunter v. Bowen, 137 Ga. 258 (73 S. E. 380); Stringer v. Mitchell, 141 Ga. 403 (81 S. E. 194).
2. The only…
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