Doe ex. dem. Pendergrast v. Gullatt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Harris Superior Court/ Tried before Judge Iverson, March Term, 1851. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Edward W. Pendergrast and Joseph Reilly and Julia Ann Reilly, formerly Julia Ann Pendergrast, as the heirs general of Patrick Pendergrast, deceased, for lot of land, No. 132, in the 18th district, of originally Muscogee.
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Ejectment, in Harris Superior Court/ Tried before Judge Iverson, March Term, 1851. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Edward W. Pendergrast and Joseph Reilly and Julia Ann Reilly, formerly Julia Ann Pendergrast, as the heirs general of Patrick Pendergrast, deceased, for lot of land, No. 132, in the 18th district, of originally Muscogee. The land was granted to Patrick Pendergrast, in the year 1827. Patrick Pendergrast died in Ireland, in 1830. The defendants relied upon the Statute of Limitations. The plaintiffs insisted that suit was brought within seven years after their arrival of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin J.,
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The first question presented for our consideration is, whether the Court erred in admitting the testimony of Moses Jones ?
This witness testified, among other things, that he knew the land in dispute, lot No. 132, in the 18th district, of originally Muscogee, now Harris County, and that Richard Prather, the tenant in possession, purchased it of a Mr. Alford, in the fall of *222the year 1838, he thought in the month of November of that year, and took possession thereof, having given his note in payment, for f 1150.
It is asserted that it was not…
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