Peters v. West
Supreme Court of Georgia
Continuance. Evidence. Wills. Title. Ejectment. Estates. Mesne Profits. Set-off. Before Judge Harris. Campbell Superior Court. August Term, 1882. West et al. brought complaint for land against George and Hosea Peters.
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Continuance. Evidence. Wills. Title. Ejectment. Estates. Mesne Profits. Set-off. Before Judge Harris. Campbell Superior Court. August Term, 1882. West et al. brought complaint for land against George and Hosea Peters. The declaration alleged that plaintiffs •claimed as children of Charles J. West, under the will of their grandfather, Allen West (the minors being represented by a guardian). The land was described as being •“ fifty acres off of the southeast corner of lot of land number 192, and seventeen and one-half acres off the northeast corner of lot of land number 193, containing in all,…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This action was brought to recover land alleged to have been the property of the father of the plaintiffs, and in possession of which he died. The jury found for the plaintiffs against one of the defendants, George Peters, — the other, Hosea Peters, disclaiming title, — the premises in dispute and four hundred dollars mesne profits. A motion *348for a new trial was refused, and on that judgment refusing this motion, error is assigned here on the grounds taken in it.
1. There was no error in refusing to continue the case, on the facts disclosed in the record. Those facts…
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