Legal Opinion

Gregory v. Mayor of Athens

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 18, 1977No. 53621Published

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

In Mrs. Gregory’s ejectment action there was a prayer for mesne profits but this claim was eliminated from consideration by the jury by the court’s charge; there was no exception to this action of the court by Mrs. Gregory. Mesne profits accruing to Mrs. Gregory up to the time of the verdict in the ejectment action could have been recovered only in that proceeding. Beetles v. Steadham, 187 Ga. 601 (1 SE2d 431). Those accruing thereafter, and while the case was on appeal could have been recovered only by following the procedure outlined in Brown v. Tyson, 150 Ga. 598 (104…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brown v. TysonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
  2. Beetles v. SteadhamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939

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