Legal Opinion

Doe ex dem. Tinsley v. Roe

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1874PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Executors. Judicial sale. Execution. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1873. The decree and execution under which the land in controversy was sold, were as follows: “ Silas B. Tinsley, Larkin Tinsley et al., vs. Thomas W. Howell, executor of William Tinsley, deceased.” Bill for Account and Injunction, in Chattahoochee Superior Court, November Term, 1856. Confession of judgment.

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Executors. Judicial sale. Execution. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1873. The decree and execution under which the land in controversy was sold, were as follows: “ Silas B. Tinsley, Larkin Tinsley et al., vs. Thomas W. Howell, executor of William Tinsley, deceased.” Bill for Account and Injunction, in Chattahoochee Superior Court, November Term, 1856. Confession of judgment. Whereupon, it is considered and decreed by the court that the complainants do recover of the defendant the sum of $238 85, principal, and the sum of $48 74, interest thereon up to the 27th…

1Opinion of the Court

Warner, Chief Justice.

This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff on the several demises of Adams et al., against the defendants, to recover the possession of a certain described tract of land in the county of Muscogee, containing three hundred and twelve acres. On the trial of the case the plaintiff offered in evidence a deed to the premises in dispute from William J. Tinsley to Howell, dated 1st June, 1853, recorded 4th July, *4841853; also a deed from Howell to Adams, dated 30tli August, 1858, and recorded 6th November, 1858, and proved that William J. Tinsley was in…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Robinson v. Springfield Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1885
  2. Wahl v. SchmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Adams v. HigginsSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
  4. Wadley v. OertelSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  5. Zellner v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882

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