Beverly v. Burke
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment in Fayette Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hill, September Term, 1850. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the defendant in error, for the recovery of lot of land, No. 67, in the ninth district of Fayette County ; the said lot being divided by the County line of Campbell and Fayette Counties. The plaintiff relied upon a statutory title.
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Ejectment in Fayette Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hill, September Term, 1850. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the defendant in error, for the recovery of lot of land, No. 67, in the ninth district of Fayette County ; the said lot being divided by the County line of Campbell and Fayette Counties. The plaintiff relied upon a statutory title. The defendants pleaded the general issue, Statute of Limitations, and want of title in the defendant in execution under which the land was sold at the time of sale — the plaintiff claiming title under the Sheriff’s deed. On the trial the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
This was an action of ejectment, brought by John Burke against Joseph C. Beverly and William McBride, to recover a part of lot of land No. 67, in what was originally the 9th district of Fayette County. The plaintiff relied upon a statutory title.
[1.] He tendered in evidence, a bond for titles from Henry Reeves to Thomas Steel, under which he claimed. Counsellor the defendant objected to the introduction of this paper without proof of its execution. The plaintiff relied on its registration, and the Court admitted it to be read, as color of title.
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