Tucker v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Meriwether Superior Court. Tried before Judge I-Iill. August Term, 1852. This action was brought by the defendant against the plaintiff in error for the recovery.of lot of land number 112, in the seventh district of Meriwether County. Several demises were laid in the declaration ; both parties, however, claimed title through one Howell W. Jenkins.
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Ejectment, in Meriwether Superior Court. Tried before Judge I-Iill. August Term, 1852. This action was brought by the defendant against the plaintiff in error for the recovery.of lot of land number 112, in the seventh district of Meriwether County. Several demises were laid in the declaration ; both parties, however, claimed title through one Howell W. Jenkins. On the trial, plaintiff read in evidence the grant from the State of Georgia to Stephen -Harris, dated 21st day of February, 1828, to the lot of land in dispute, and closed his case. The defendant then read in .evidence a deed from…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin J.
delivering the opinion.
As both plaintiff and defendant claim from Howell W. Jenkins, it is unnecessary to trace the title to the land in dispute back of him. Jenkins sold the lot in his life-time to John Burke, one of the defendants in ejectment, by deed bearing date the 9th of June, 1829, 'but not recorded until the 15th day of February, 1840. After the death of Jenkins, the lot was again sold by Daniel S. Robertson, his administrator, and a deed was executed to Samuel Darden, the lessor of the ' plaintiff, on the 7th of August, 1838, which last deed was recorded the…
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