Parker v. Beeman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Summary proceedings, to eject tenant holding over. In Terrell .Superior Court, Allen, Judge, presiding, at May Term, 1859. .This was a summary proceeding, urtderthe act of 1827, by William J. Parker, to evict from the possession of premises leased, Emanuel P. Beeman, a tenant holding over after the termination of the lease.
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Summary proceedings, to eject tenant holding over. In Terrell .Superior Court, Allen, Judge, presiding, at May Term, 1859. .This was a summary proceeding, urtderthe act of 1827, by William J. Parker, to evict from the possession of premises leased, Emanuel P. Beeman, a tenant holding over after the termination of the lease. Parker made the affidavit required by said act, whereupon a process was issued by a Justice of the Peace, requiring the sheriff to turn the tenant out, and put the lessor into possession. Beeman filed his affidavit, denying that he held under Parker, and alleging that he…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.,
delivering the opinion.
We are called on to construe the act of 1827 (Cobb, 701,) under which the summary proceeding was prosecuted.
The owner of the land demanded possession of the tenant, who, refusing to surrender the premises, the owner made oath that the term had expired, and obtained a recount to dispossess the tenant. It was executed, when *477the tenant made a. counter-affidavit that he did not hold under the person claiming. The sheriff reported his proceedings to the .next term of the Superior Court, an issue was formed, and submitted to the jury, who found…
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