Sheffield v. Collier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trespass for overflowing plaintiff’s land. Tried before Judge Warren. In Early Superior Court. April Term, 1847. For tbe facts of the case, and the questions «made and decided below, see the opinion delivered by the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
*84 By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
This was an action of trespass tried before my brother Warren, at the last April Term, 1S47, of the Superior Court of Early County.
Benjamin Collier, and his brother, Jesse Collier, the defendant, had been joint tenants of the land upon which the trespass was alleged to have been committed. In September, 1843, Benjamin Collier sold and conveyed by deed his interest in the premises to one William Tuten, at the same time informing the purchaser that he had agreed with his brother that he might erect a mill on the land, and requiring of Tuten to see…
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