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Nathans v. Arkwright

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1880PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Infancy. Prescription. Title. Deeds. Before Judge FLEMING. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1879. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Speer, Justice.

This is a suit brought by plaintiff in error against the defendants to recover the possession of an undivided moiety or one-half of all that lot, tract or parcel of land containing four acres, more or less, situate, lying and being in said county and within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah, being part of the tract known as the “Sheftall tanyard tract.”

To this action defendants filed their various pleas or answers: 1st, the general issue; 2d, possession of said premises bona fide under written evidence of title for a period of seven years and more prior to the suit;…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. TUCKER v. MorelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
  2. Harris v. CannonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
  3. Sewell v. HollandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  4. Fleming v. ForanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
  5. Strain v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Jones v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  2. Martin v. WhiteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Harris v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  4. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. McLendon Bros. v. FinchCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

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