Maddox v. Gray
Supreme Court of Georgia
Deeds. Delivery. Title. Before Judge Roney. Columbia Su perior Court. September Adj ourned Term, 1884. Gray, administrator of Jackson Maddox, brought complaint for land against Benjamin F. Maddox, and on the trial, the jury found for the plaintiff, with mesne profits. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was refused, and he excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandeord, Justice.
The question in this case is, whether a certain deed from Jackson Maddox in his lifetime, to the plaintiff in error (B E. Maddox), was ever delivered. The making of the deed and the sayings of Jackson Maddox, that the land in dispute belonged to his brother, Ben, were shown; on the other hand, it was shown by the statements of B. E. Maddox that he found the d eed among, the papers of his brother, Jackson Maddox. The same was never recorded in Jackson Maddox’s lifetime. We think it quite clear in this case that one of the essential elements in the deed is wanting—the…
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