Norris v. Miller
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Pike Superior Court. Tried before Judge Starke, October Term, 1855. This action was brought to recover a four acre lot which ’had been conveyed by W. R. & J. B. Jones, to the plaintiffs as trustees, of whom J. B. Jones was one, for a school lot.
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Ejectment, in Pike Superior Court. Tried before Judge Starke, October Term, 1855. This action was brought to recover a four acre lot which ’had been conveyed by W. R. & J. B. Jones, to the plaintiffs as trustees, of whom J. B. Jones was one, for a school lot. The deed provided that whenever it should cease to be used .for’that purpose, the land should revert to the grantors, and •the grantees should be authorized to remove such buildings, ■as they might have erected. \ There were on the lot a school house and dwelling, and it was in evidence that before the commencement of this action .the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[I.] Ought the Cbur't to have withdrawn from the Jury the copy deed from the Jones’ to the trustees of the academy?
We think not. It had gone to‘the Jury by the consent of defendant’s Counsel. What induced them to give that consent does not appear. It may have been from the fact that the original 'deed; if insisted on, could have Been produced. *565.Neither could the Court judicially know what induced'them to call upon the Court to revoke their consent to the introduction of this copy. They stated it was because they had discóvered that' the person…
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