Hand v. McKinney
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, from Baker county. Tried before Judge Arlen, May Term, 1858. This was a suit in ejectment for lot of land No. 243, in the eighth district of Baker county, by John Doe, upon the «Semises of Thomas J. Hand and Hamlin Cook, against "Richard Roe, casual ejector, and John McKinney, tenant in possession.
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Ejectment, from Baker county. Tried before Judge Arlen, May Term, 1858. This was a suit in ejectment for lot of land No. 243, in the eighth district of Baker county, by John Doe, upon the «Semises of Thomas J. Hand and Hamlin Cook, against "Richard Roe, casual ejector, and John McKinney, tenant in possession. The case was tried, and the jury found for the plaintiff, and defendant by his counsel, moved the Court for a new trial upon the following grounds: 1st. That the jury found contrary to evidence. 2d. That the jury found contrary to law. 3d. That the jury found contrary to the charge of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
This was an action of ejectment to recover lot No. 243, in the eighth district of Baker county. On the trial, the title as disclosed by the evidence, stood thus: The land was *650deeded by Luke Johnson, the drawer, to Humphrey Rowell, the 9th day of September, 1822; the grant did not issue till the 17th day of October, 1831. The deed from Johnson to Rowell, was recorded May 28th, 1836; on the 5th December, 1837, this lot of land was sold by the Sheriff, as the property of Luke Johnson, and bought by James Chance, to whom a deed was made and recorded…
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