Hatton v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. August 5, 1919. J. L. Johnson, Judson Johnson, A. J. Johnson, Amos Johnson, Mrs. Amie Davis (bornBrooks), Mrs. Mamie Griffin (born Brooks), and Thomas L. Thigpen, a minor suing by his guardian, brought their equitable petition against B. D. Hatton and the Bepublic Mining and Manufacturing Company (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the Mining Company), a corporation under the laws of Georgia and having an…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. August 5, 1919. J. L. Johnson, Judson Johnson, A. J. Johnson, Amos Johnson, Mrs. Amie Davis (bornBrooks), Mrs. Mamie Griffin (born Brooks), and Thomas L. Thigpen, a minor suing by his guardian, brought their equitable petition against B. D. Hatton and the Bepublic Mining and Manufacturing Company (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the Mining Company), a corporation under the laws of Georgia and having an office and place of business in the county of Sumter, in the superior court of which county the petition was filed.…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. We will first examine the claim of Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Davis, that they are entitled to the equitable relief sought by them in this petition. Their right to equitable relief rests upon the alleged ignorance of their rights to the interest which they now claim in the property and the value of the land for mining purposes; and upon the allegations of fact that they executed the deed to Hatton, which they now seek to have cancelled, in ignorance of their rights and in ignorance of the value of the land, especially of the minerals contained therein; that…
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