Atkinson v. Central Georgia Agricultural & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Confederate States. Title. Conquest. Administrators and Executors. Principal and Agent. Before Judge Hill. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1876. Reported in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jaokson, Judge.
Tbe legatees of ex-Governor McDonald sued tbe Central Georgia Agricultural and Manufacturing Company for a parcel of land near Macon, in tbe county of Bibb. Tbe will *228of tlie deceased authorized the executors to sell the land; in October, 1862, they made a power of attorney to I. C. Plant to sell for them, stipulating at what price he should sell; on the second of December, Plant sold to the Confederate government pursuant to this power; the Confederate government held the property until 1865, when it fell, by conquest, into the hands of the United States; and then passed by,…
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