Fields v. Carlton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Estates. Ejectment. Remainders. Privity. Administrators and Executors. Husband and Wife. Sales. Attorney and Client. Evidence. Betterments. Equity. Charge of Court. Before D. A. Vason, Esq., Judge pro hao vice. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1885. Reported in the decision
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
An action of ejectment was brought by Ida R. Carlton and Lillian Janes against Taylor Fields for the recovery, of two city lots on Flint street, in Albany, with the improvements thereon, their title resting on the will of their father, which gave them a remainder estate in all the property he left, after paying his debts. To this suit, Fields filed two pleas, one the general plea of not guilty, and the other an equitable plea, setting up that he is an innocent purchaser for value without notice, and,- if not protected by that fact in his title, that he was, at all…
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