James v. Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Edwards. Douglas superior court. September 6, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. Where the heirs of a grantor, with the consent of his administrator, brought suit against his grantee and persons holding by purchase under such grantee, for the purpose of cancelling the conveyances and recovering the land conveyed, on the ground that their ancestor was insane and lacking in mental capacity to make a deed, and that the defendants had notice thereof; and where it appeared that the' deed was made by him in January, 1896, that he died in April, 1897, and that the defendants had been in possession since that time, and the suit was not brought, until 1910, and no reason…
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