Rogers v. Manning

Head, Justice.

This is the second appearance in this court of an action in ejectment by W. C. Rogers against Mrs. Agnes Manning. (See Rogers v. Manning, 200 Ga. 844, 38 S. E. 2d, 724). In the former case, the jury returned a verdict for Mrs. Manning, and the judgment refusing a new trial was reversed by this court because the verdict was without evidence to support it. Rogers v. Manning, supra. It was there held that the answer of the defendant and the evidence on the trial did not show that the plaintiff was estopped under equitable principles from asserting his alleged ownership as against…