Adams v. Collier
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE 'UNITED STATES' POR THE . SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP GEORGIA. On the 25th day of September, 1863, Benjamin B. Barnes made his deed conveying to certain of his children several tracts of land in the counties of Crawford and Houston, in the state of Georgia. The deed was witnessed by three persons — one of whom was a justice of the peace — who certified that it was signed, sealed, and delivered in their presence.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE 'UNITED STATES' POR THE . SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP GEORGIA. On the 25th day of September, 1863, Benjamin B. Barnes made his deed conveying to certain of his children several tracts of land in the counties of Crawford and Houston, in the state of Georgia. The deed was witnessed by three persons — one of whom was a justice of the peace — who certified that it was signed, sealed, and delivered in their presence. It was duly recorded in Crawford County, where most of’ the lands are, on the 26th of March, 1864; in Houston County, September 30, 1874. The grantor,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The lands conveyed by Barnes to his children having como to the possession of, and being claimed by, his assignee, and the title thereto being in dispute, the petition filed by the latter in the District Court was authorized by § 5003 of the Revised Statutes. Under the pleadings in that suit — all the parties therein . having appeared, asserted their respective claims to the lands, and sought a determination of the dispute between them — it was competent for the District Court, sitting in bankruptcy, to have determined, at least, the question of title. Had that court adjudged that the lands…
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