Thompson v. Manly
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Carroll Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Warner, June Term, 1854. This bill was filed by Alexander Thompson against William, Peter and John Manly, Joseph R. Richards, John Long and B. M. Long. The bill states, that at the' February Term, 1853, of Carroll Superior Court, an action of ejectment was commenced by John Doe on the several demises of. William, Peter and John Manly, heirs at law of William-Manly, deceased.
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In Equity, in Carroll Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Warner, June Term, 1854. This bill was filed by Alexander Thompson against William, Peter and John Manly, Joseph R. Richards, John Long and B. M. Long. The bill states, that at the' February Term, 1853, of Carroll Superior Court, an action of ejectment was commenced by John Doe on the several demises of. William, Peter and John Manly, heirs at law of William-Manly, deceased. Joseph R. Richards and John and B. M. Long against the complainant, as tenant in possession, for lot of land number ninety-six,, in the ninth district…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The substance of the complaint in the bill is, that those lessors in the ejectment, who are the real parties, have no title-deeds except such as are void by the Statute of the 32d Henry VIII. entitled “The bill of bracery and buying of titles”, and that they are using the grant'from the State to the Manlys, as a means to recover the land in the face of that Statute.
But those lessors claim under the Manlys, and according to Pitts vs. Bullard, (3 Kelly 17) they have the right to use the grant for such a puipose.
Not only is this so, but it…
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