Harris v. McDonald
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Before Judge Harrell. Calhoun superior court. June 7, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
This was an action of ejectment. On the conclusion of the evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant and against the plaintiffs for the premises in dispute. The plaintiffs filed a motion for new trial, which was subsequently amended. To the judgment overruling the motion the plaintiffs excepted. The plaintiffs sought to recover upon the theory that their grandmother, Mrs. Sarah M. Harper, was the owner of the land at the time of her death in 1872,-leaving purchased it from William H. Davis in 1870, and that under the third item of the will of Mrs. Sarah M. Harper a two-thirds…
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