Cannon v. Gorham
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Before Judge Whipple. Wilcox superior court. March 24, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
Gorham brought an action of ejectment against Cannon. The plaintiff claimed by virtue of a chain of title beginning with a tax'sale-under an execution issued by the comptroller-general against the land in dispute as wild or unimproved land, under the act of 1874 (Acts 1874, p. 105), amended by the act of 1875 (Acts 1875, p. 119). The defendant claimed under a chain of title extending back to the original grant from the State. The. case turned upon the validity of the tax sale. The presiding judge directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
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