Legal Opinion

Glover v. Wright

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 30, 1888PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Title. Boundaries. Landlord and tenant. New trial. •Before Judge Roney. Richmond superior court. April term, 1888. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

This is one. of the clearest cases we have ever had. It appears from the evidence that when the father and the son made their respective purchases in 1871, it was contemplated on the part of the owner of the five acre tract, to divide it into four lots, so as to give one house to each lot, there being then, as we understand from the record, four houses on five acres. The deed executed to the son failed to specify definitely any east and west boundaries, and there was no definition of these boundaries until the survey of 1874- was accomplished. Then the lines were run…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Marshall v. MorrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
  2. Cleveland v. TreadwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  3. Wood v. Milly Mcguire's ChildrenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
  4. Watt v. GanahlSupreme Court of Georgia · 1866
  5. Butler v. LivingstonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Farr v. WoolfolkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Veal v. BarberSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  3. Steinhilber v. HolmesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  4. Kitchen v. ChantlandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  5. Harper v. Atlanta & West Point RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924

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