Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Harlem Baptist Church
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 9, 1950No. 17076PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
Harlem Baptist Church, by and through L. I. Prather, H. A. Groves, G. S. Phillips, and A. M. Tracy, as trustees, brought a suit for declaratory relief against Jay Sanders and several other named persons, as the present heirs at law of Dr. A. J. Sanders, late of Columbia County, Georgia. The petition in substance, and in so far as it is material here, alleges: that Dr. Sanders, some time prior to March 2, 1889, conveyed to the plaintiff’s board of trustees for its (plaintiff’s) use and benefit an absolute fee-simple estate in a described acre of land in Columbia County; that…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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