Legal Opinion

Allen v. Hughes

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 16, 1899PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Complaint for land. Before Judge Lumpkin.’ Fulton superior court. June 22, 1898.

1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.

Suit was brought in the court below to recover the possession of a certain lot of land in the city of Atlanta. The title set out by plaintiffs was based on a -deed made by Hughes, their father, to HajMen Coe, trustee, on September 8, 1858. The preamble to the deed of conveyance is as follows: “Whereas the said Peter A. Hughes has recently become possessed of some money which his said wife inherited from her uncle, the late Caswell Mimms, of Charleston District, South Carolina, deceased, and said money having been invested in the real and personal property hereinafter described, by the said…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Wellborn v. WeaverSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
  2. Younge v. GuilbeauSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  3. Cushman v. ColemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  4. Rushin v. Shields & BallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  5. Fleming v. HughesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Cribbs v. WalkerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  2. Luquire v. LeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. Clark v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  4. Bowman v. OwensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  5. Lowry v. LowrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1920

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