Dillard v. Cusseta Naval Stores Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Gilbert. Chattahoochee superior court. July 17, 1914. The Cusseta Naval Stores Company, a firm, brought an equitable petition against Dillard and others, alleging in substance as follows: On October 21, 1907, Shirling, Nisbit & Cook entered into a contract with one Kissick, by the terms of which they leased and purchased from him all of the growing trees, for turpentine purposes, located upon certain described land, and also rights of ingress…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Gilbert. Chattahoochee superior court. July 17, 1914. The Cusseta Naval Stores Company, a firm, brought an equitable petition against Dillard and others, alleging in substance as follows: On October 21, 1907, Shirling, Nisbit & Cook entered into a contract with one Kissick, by the terms of which they leased and purchased from him all of the growing trees, for turpentine purposes, located upon certain described land, and also rights of ingress and egress, the lease to continue for a. term of ten years. There was also conveyed by the contract all of the pine…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The plaintiffs alleged, that one Kissick was in possession of a tract of land under an agreement of purchase; that, with the consent of the owner of the fee, Kissick sold and leased to a named firm the growing trees for turpentine purposes, and also sold all the trees suitable “for saw and wood purposes;” that the plaintiffs were “the owners” of the rights included in the written contract, as the transferees and assignees thereof, through successive transfers and assignments in writing of said lease contract, “the transfer and assignment of such rights,…
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