Legal Opinion
Doe v. Roe
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Decided April 29, 1887PublishedCited by 2 opinions
At Law. Action in ejectment.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, J.
The plaintiff having introduced her evidence, the defendant interposed tho following amendment to his plea:
“2STow comes the defendant, and says that he holds tho premises in dispute Iona fide, under claim of title, independent and adversary to the plaintiff; that he and his lessors have so held tho same since, and from the sixteenth day of May, 1870; that he has placed upon the said land certain permanent and substantial improvements and betterments, viz., a store-house and a warehouse, which were and are substantial and permanent, and which have and do enhance the value of the said land…
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- Thompson v. Railroad CompaniesSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- Bright v. BoydU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1841
- Putnam v. RitchieNew York Court of Chancery · 1837
- Bennett v. ButterworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Virginia, T. & C. Steel & Iron Co. v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1907
- Boggs v. WannU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1893