Legal Opinion

Fulton County v. Amorous

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 16, 1892PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Jurors. Practice. Title. Husband and wife. County matters. Hoads. Before Judge Westmoreland. City court of Atlanta. September term, 1891. A morons sued Fulton county for damages, alleging that about August 20,1890, he was the owner of a tract of land, describing it, having a valuable frontage on a public road, with a valuable dwelling-house on the land, which had been erected with reference to this front, and the front yard containing a magnificent growth of fine…

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Jurors. Practice. Title. Husband and wife. County matters. Hoads. Before Judge Westmoreland. City court of Atlanta. September term, 1891. A morons sued Fulton county for damages, alleging that about August 20,1890, he was the owner of a tract of land, describing it, having a valuable frontage on a public road, with a valuable dwelling-house on the land, which had been erected with reference to this front, and the front yard containing a magnificent growth of fine shade-trees, the situation of the house and trees adding much to the value of the property; that at the time mentioned the…

1Opinion of the Court

*616 Judgment affirmed.

The plaintiff obtained a verdict for $350, and defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The motion contained the following grounds : The court erred in admitting a bond for title from Mrs. Greene to plaintiff, dated July 2,1890, and a deed from Mrs. Greene to plaintiff, dated July 2, 1891, the papers being offered together and each of them being for the property described in the declaration. The objections were, that these papers were at variance with the declaration which alleged title in plaintiff when the suit was filed on November 6, 1890, the papers separately…

2Cited by23 opinions

  1. Ford v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  2. Terrell County v. YorkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  4. Meyers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
  5. Rodgers v. StylesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959

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