Towner v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. New trial. Before Judge Roney. Glascock superior court. August term, 1887. , On January 21, 1885, John Thompson and Rebecca Thompson and their children brought complaint for land against Walter Towner. The land was described as part of the land originally covered by the back-water of the Towner mill-pond, containing six acres, more or less, on the east side of Joes creek.
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Evidence. New trial. Before Judge Roney. Glascock superior court. August term, 1887. , On January 21, 1885, John Thompson and Rebecca Thompson and their children brought complaint for land against Walter Towner. The land was described as part of the land originally covered by the back-water of the Towner mill-pond, containing six acres, more or less, on the east side of Joes creek. On the trial, the plaintiffs put in evidence a deed from Benjamin Coxwell to'Richard Powell, dated October 1, 1825, conveying a certain tract of land on the waters of Joes creek; also a deed from Richard Powell to…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Thompson derived title, if he had any, to the premises in dispute from Powell, and Towner gave in evi*175denee certain admissions of Powell. If Powell made .these admissions after his conveyance to Thompson, and after parting with possession, they were not proper evidence against Thompson in Towner’s favor. Settle vs. Alison, 8 Ga. 201. It does not affirmatively appear in the record that the particular admissions referred to in the fourth ground of the motion for a new trial were made before Powell conveyed, or that he was in possession at the time of making them. This…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Settle v. AlisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850
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- Towner v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889