Williams v. Rawlins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. In the Superior Court of Catoosa county. Tried before Hon. D. A. Walker. November Term, 1860. This was an action brought, on the 2d day of March, 1853, in the name of John Doe, on the several demises of Samuel Oliver, Dudley Bonds, and Samuel Eawlins, against Eichard Eoe, casual ejector, and Amos A. Williams, tenant in possession, for the recovery of lot of land No. 48, in the 28th district of the 3d section of originally Cherokee, but then Catoosa county.
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Ejectment. In the Superior Court of Catoosa county. Tried before Hon. D. A. Walker. November Term, 1860. This was an action brought, on the 2d day of March, 1853, in the name of John Doe, on the several demises of Samuel Oliver, Dudley Bonds, and Samuel Eawlins, against Eichard Eoe, casual ejector, and Amos A. Williams, tenant in possession, for the recovery of lot of land No. 48, in the 28th district of the 3d section of originally Cherokee, but then Catoosa county. The writ in the case also contained a count for mesne profits, and was served upon the defendant, Amos A. Williams, by leaving…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
Lumpkin, J., delivering the opinion.
This is a motion for a new trial, and the first ground is, that the Court erred in not rejecting several sets of interrogatories, because they were taken by Lawson Black, an attorney of the Court.
1. Mr. Black, although an attorney of the Court, was not an attorney in this case. He was not, therefore, disqualified from acting as a commissioner.
*1222d. Because the Court refused to reject the depositions of William Dickey, the signatures of the witness and of the commissioners appearing to be in the same handwriting.
The Judge properly submitted the…
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