Laramore v. Minish
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Prescription. Party as witness. New trial. Before Judge Glakk. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1871. This was ejectment for two hundred and two and one half acres of land, begun in August, 1856. The sole fight below was as to whether John L. Laramore had made out a title by prescription to the premises in dispute. He testified that he bought it from his father, in 1845, and took possession, and ever since had possession thereof.
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Ejectment. Prescription. Party as witness. New trial. Before Judge Glakk. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1871. This was ejectment for two hundred and two and one half acres of land, begun in August, 1856. The sole fight below was as to whether John L. Laramore had made out a title by prescription to the premises in dispute. He testified that he bought it from his father, in 1845, and took possession, and ever since had possession thereof. He said the deed to him was recorded, that the witnesses to it, and the maker were dead, and he thought he had burned the deed during the war, when burning…
1Opinion of the Court
Lochrane, Chief Justice.
This case comes before the Court from the Superior Court of Lee county upon an action of ejectment brought by Minish against the plaintiffs in error, and upon grounds of error alleged in the judgment of the Court below refusing a new trial. After the plaintiff had closed his case, showing title to himself from the State, and proved the defendants in possession of the land in controversy, the defendants introduced their testimony, and Laramore, one of the defendants, who testified that he had a deed to the lot of land in dispute from James Laramore, dated in the year…
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