Evans v. Baird
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Presumption. Infancy. Before Judge Harrell. Terrell Superior Court. May Term, 1871. This was ejectment by Doe upon the several demises of Joshua K. Evans, Alexander Holmes and Thomas Holmes.
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Ejectment. Presumption. Infancy. Before Judge Harrell. Terrell Superior Court. May Term, 1871. This was ejectment by Doe upon the several demises of Joshua K. Evans, Alexander Holmes and Thomas Holmes. It was begun in December, 1869. Plaintiff read in evidence a grant from the State to Alexander Holmes, traced title from Holmes to Henrietta V. Hart, read in evidence a deed from her to Eugene N. Hart, made the 9th of March, 1858, and a deed from him to Evans, dated the 7th of August, 1866. With evidence as to mesne profits, etc., plaintiff closed. Defendants relied upon a prescriptive right…
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomery, Judge.
The plaintiffs brought ejectment against the defendants and showed complete title in himself from the State. One of the links in the chain of his title was a deed from one Hart to Joshua Evans, lessor of the plaintiff. Defendants claimed by adverse possession, and offered in evidence a deed from the sheriff to themselves, dated in November, 1860, which recited that the land had been sold as the property of one Sutton, whpse name did not appear in the plaintiff’s chain of title. Both sides having closed, the argument commenced, during which the plaintiff moved to withdraw the…
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