Ladd v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Limitations. Prescription. Before Judge Clark. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1871. This was ejectment by Doe, upon the demises of Hancock and James Jackson, as administrator of A. J. Lamar, etc., begun in June, 1863. In September, 1869, the declaration was amended by adding a demise in the name of the heirs of A. J. Lamar, (defendants objecting,) and the cause was tried. The plaintiffs read in evidence a regular chain of title from the State down to A. J. Lamar.
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Ejectment. Limitations. Prescription. Before Judge Clark. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1871. This was ejectment by Doe, upon the demises of Hancock and James Jackson, as administrator of A. J. Lamar, etc., begun in June, 1863. In September, 1869, the declaration was amended by adding a demise in the name of the heirs of A. J. Lamar, (defendants objecting,) and the cause was tried. The plaintiffs read in evidence a regular chain of title from the State down to A. J. Lamar. The deed to him was made in 1844. It was shown that A. J. Lamar died in 1848, and A. J. Lamar became his administrator…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Judge.
This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of a lot of land on the demise of the administrator of Andrew J. Lamar, and on the amended demise of the guardian of the minors of Andrew J. Lamar, against the defendants. The adverse possession of the land by the defendants, and *290those under whom they claimed, commenced during the lifetime of the intestate. The administrator on his estate was appointed in 1850, and the guardian of the minor children appointed in 1854. The action was commenced in June, 1863. On the trial of the case the jury found a verdict for the…
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