Legal Opinion

Graham v. Peacock

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Ejectment. Before Judge Martin. Dodge superior court. September 14, 1907. -

1Opinion of the CourtLumrkin, J.

L. M. Peacock, as administrator of the estate of Samuel G. Graham, brought an action of ejectment in the com*786mon-law form against John T. Graham, the son of the intestate. The defendant claimed that he was in possession of the land under a contract of purchase, and the condition thereof had not been broken; that he went into possession and erected valuable improvements in the belief that he was the owner of the land, and his father never asserted any claim of ownership or dominion; that his father would have been estopped from recovering the land or mesne profits, and consequently the father’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Millender v. LooperCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
  2. Capps v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
  3. Evans v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  4. Riverside Milling & Power Co. v. Bank of CartersvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  5. Googe v. YorkCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928

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