Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 13, 1949No. 16589PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The instrument under which the defendant claimed title conveyed a fee simple estate, and not a mere easement for railroad purposes, and the trial court erred in overruling the general demurrer to the petition.
No. 16589. JUNE 13, 1949. REHEARING DENIED JULY 14, 1949.
R. L. Rogers, in his representative capacity as administrator of the estate of W. H. Bush, and Mrs. Beulah Ferguson Robinson, who alleged that she was one of the heirs at law of the deceased, filed suit in Barrow Superior Court against J. Roy Jackson, seeking to recover certain lands described in exhibits attached to the petition,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Gaston v. Gainesville & Dahlonega Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Moss v. ChappellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Johnson v. Valdosta, Moultrie & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Co. v. County of CoffeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Midkiff v. Castle & Cooke, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1962
- Leach v. Georgia Power CompanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Hardy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2020
- Hardy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
- Department of Transportation v. KnightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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