Horton v. Wilkerson

Beix, Justice.

1. In an action for land, wliere both parties claim under a common grantor, it is not necessary to show title in such common grantor. Code, § 33-101; Corker v. Stafford, 125 Ga. 428 (2) (54 S. E. 92); Walker v. Steffes, 139 Ga. 520 (77 S. E. 580); Moore v. Daugherty, 146 Ga. 176 (91 S. E. 14).

2. Where the petition alleged that the plaintiff and the defendant claimed the land in suit under a named common grantor, and the defendant answered that for want of sufficient information she could neither admit nor deny this averment, the answer was evasive, and the averment was to be…