Horkan v. Benning

An action of complaint for certain land in Colquitt county was brought by Mary A. Benning, as administratrix de bonis non of the estate of Seaborn Jones, against Horkan. The plaintiff put in evidence a grant from the State to Seaborn Jones, of Baldwin county, Georgia, and her letters of administration. Horkan defended, and put in evidence a deed, dated in 1873, from John I. Hall, as administrator of John Hall, to Guzzard; a deed from Guzzard to Henry Banks, dated in 1877; a deed from Henry Banks to James Banks, dated in 1890; and a deed from James Banks to Horkan, dated in 1892. Horkan was…