Thursby v. Myers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Deeds. Wills. Evidence. Presumption. Prescription. Charge of Court. Eegistry. Grant. Title. Ejectment. Possession. Before Judge Wbight. Decatur Superior Court. May Term, 1876. Eeported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
The demise was laid in the name of Mrs. Myers, who claimed title, as devisee, under the will of her husband. Her husband’s title was a deed, dated 20th of July, 1821, to Mord. Myers, signed by two witnesses, admitted to record in 1867, but under a probate deficient in showing delivery to Myers. This deed was made by Davis to Myers before he granted, but after he drew the land; and this was the plaintiff’s title. The defendant held under the same grantee from the state on a deed younger than the grant. The jury found for the plaintiff, the defendant excepted, and assigns for…
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