Harris v. Palmore
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction. Title. Venue. Equity. Before Judge "Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1884. Celia Palmore filed her bill in Muscogee superior court .against Ann Maria Harris and her husband and trustee, Daniel Harris, both of New York, alleging that complain.ant had purchased from said Ann Maria a certain lot of land in Muscogee county, and had paid the purchase money in full, and had been in possession from January, 1880, to the filing of the bill, October 2, 1882,…
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Jurisdiction. Title. Venue. Equity. Before Judge "Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1884. Celia Palmore filed her bill in Muscogee superior court .against Ann Maria Harris and her husband and trustee, Daniel Harris, both of New York, alleging that complain.ant had purchased from said Ann Maria a certain lot of land in Muscogee county, and had paid the purchase money in full, and had been in possession from January, 1880, to the filing of the bill, October 2, 1882, but the ■vendor and her trustee had refused to make a deed to her. The prayer was for specific performance, for subpoena…
1Opinion of the CourtJackson, Chief Justice
This bill was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error to perfect titles to a lot of land in *275Columbus, in this state, for which the full purchase money has been paid by the former to the latter, by requiring the latter specifically to perform the contract of purchase by making title to the lot, or to grant to the defendant in error such relief as a court of equity can render. The plaintiffs in error demurred thereto, on the ground that it appeared on the face of the bill that they were residents and citizens of New York, and that courts of equity in Georgia had no…
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