Snipes v. Parker

Lumpkin, Justice.

1. The 25th rule of the superior courts, as it stood prior to June 25th, 1879, was by its terms confined to actions of ejectment; that is, to suits for land brought in the fictitious form. Accordingly, .this court, in the case of Gabbett v. Sparks, 60 Ga. 582, held that the rule in question was not applicable to statutory actions for the recovery of land. The convention of judges in 1879 amended the rule so as to make it also apply to actions of the latter kind, and the rule as thus amended was not changed by the convention of judges which assembled in 1893. It was contended…