Gunn v. Slaughter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Verdict. Evidence. Principal and surety. Bona fides. Sales. Before Emmett Womack, Esq., judge fro hac vice. Butts superior court. March term, 1888. This case was an action of complaint for land, bought by Mary Henrietta Gunn against Isaac Slaughter. The plaintiff, having died during the progress of the cause, her administrator was made a party in her stead.
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Verdict. Evidence. Principal and surety. Bona fides. Sales. Before Emmett Womack, Esq., judge fro hac vice. Butts superior court. March term, 1888. This case was an action of complaint for land, bought by Mary Henrietta Gunn against Isaac Slaughter. The plaintiff, having died during the progress of the cause, her administrator was made a party in her stead. On the trial, it appeared that both parties claimed under Alexander Saunders, the plaintiff by deeds from said Saunders and wife to Whitfield, from Whitfield to Head, and from Head to plaintiff; the defendant, through a sheriff’s deed…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
1. The facts of this case and the' motion for a new trial will be found in the official report. 'We agree with the senior counsel for the plaintiff in error, that the main question in this case was, whether the levy set out in the record covered the land in dispute, and whether the land was sold under that levy. The presumption is that the trial judge submitted this question fairly to the jury ón the trial of the case, as there were no exceptions to the charge. The jury found by their verdict that the levy covered the land and that the land was sold thereunder. There was…
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