Dickerson v. Brady
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint, to recover land. In Taylor Superior Court. Tried before Judge Worrell, at April Term, 1857. This was an action brought in the form, prescribed, by Act of 1847, by Thomas Brady, against William Dickerson and Mary Battle, to recover lot of land No. 252, in the 12th district of originally Muscogee, now Taylor county. The plaintiff offered in evidence, a copy grant from the State to one Thomas Broddy.
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Complaint, to recover land. In Taylor Superior Court. Tried before Judge Worrell, at April Term, 1857. This was an action brought in the form, prescribed, by Act of 1847, by Thomas Brady, against William Dickerson and Mary Battle, to recover lot of land No. 252, in the 12th district of originally Muscogee, now Taylor county. The plaintiff offered in evidence, a copy grant from the State to one Thomas Broddy. Defendant objected to its admission, upon the ground that it was made or issued to Thomas Broddy, and the plaintiff’s name was Thomas Brady. The Court overruled the objection, admitted…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. —
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
Was the Court right in granting a new trial ? We think so, most decidedly. In all probability, Braddy was originally pronounced Bra-dy; and the family have dropped one d in spelling the name, to conform to the pronunciation. Brady is frequently now pronounced Brad-dy, especially by our Hibernian friends. It depends entirely upon how you divide the syllables, Brad-y or Bra-dy. This is too small a variance to deprive a man of valuable property. It would be legal robbery.
Sustain this verdict, and the consequences would be most appalling. A tract…
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