Doe ex dem. Bush v. Roe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, from Muscogee county. Tried before Judge Worrill, June Term, 1857. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs in error, for the recovery of a lot of land No. 48, in the 8th district of Muscogee county.
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Ejectment, from Muscogee county. Tried before Judge Worrill, June Term, 1857. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs in error, for the recovery of a lot of land No. 48, in the 8th district of Muscogee county. On the trial, the plaintiffs introduced in evidence, a grant of the lot of land in question to Eliza Ann Iiays, illegitimate, of Spink’s district, Jones county, dated April 30th, 1834. Plaintiffs also read in evidence the answers ofNancy Pate, to interrogatories, to the following effect: That she was the mother of Eliza Ann Bush, (the wife of William J. Bush,) who, at…
1Opinion of the CourtBenning, J.
By the Court. delivering the opinion.
Was the Court right in receiving as evidence the exempli*248fication from the Court of ordinary of Talbot county, showing the appointment of Pate as guardian of Hays, and an order authorizing him to sell the land?
The objection to the exemplification was, that it did not show upon its face, that the ward lived in Talbot County, or had property therein, at the time of the appointment or of the order, and, consequently, that it did not show upon lis face, any thing to give jurisdiction to that Court, to make the appointment and pass the order.
It is sufficient if…
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