Yaughn v. Harper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Mathews. Crawford superior court. June 4, 1920. Mrs. G. B. Harper brought suit alleging, that she was sole heir at law of G. B. Harper, deceased; that her husband died seized and possessed of the land in controversy, the west half of a designated lot of land; that the defendants, Lula Yaughn and the children of A. Y. Yaughn, were asserting that they had an interest in the property, and that they were doing acts inconsistent with and…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Mathews. Crawford superior court. June 4, 1920. Mrs. G. B. Harper brought suit alleging, that she was sole heir at law of G. B. Harper, deceased; that her husband died seized and possessed of the land in controversy, the west half of a designated lot of land; that the defendants, Lula Yaughn and the children of A. Y. Yaughn, were asserting that they had an interest in the property, and that they were doing acts inconsistent with and destructive of petitioner’s rights. The prayer was for injunction and other equitable relief. Demurrers to the petition were…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
A deed executed on the 9th day of January, 1911, by W. J. Marshall, conveyed to George B. Harper and A. Y. Yaughn lot No. 27 in the 6th district of Crawford County, Georgia, Subsequently to the execution of this deed Yaughn and Harper, the tenants in common, made a parol agreement for a partition, of the land, defining in the agreement the part each was to have. Aecord.ing to the contention of the plaintiff, her husband, George B. Harper, was to have the west portion, and Yaughn the east. Harper was in possession of the west portion, as the plaintiff contends, under the parol agreement for…
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