Satterfield v. Speir
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Fite. Bartow superior court-July term, 1899. The petition was by Satterfield individually and as administrator ■of Mrs. Stegall, and invoked equitable aid in construing or reforming a bond for title to the intestate from Speir, one of the defendants, as tothe description of a part of the. property to be conveyed.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Fite. Bartow superior court-July term, 1899. The petition was by Satterfield individually and as administrator ■of Mrs. Stegall, and invoked equitable aid in construing or reforming a bond for title to the intestate from Speir, one of the defendants, as tothe description of a part of the. property to be conveyed. The bond, after reciting that Mrs. Stegall had contracted to purchase ;a portion of the farm known as the Dr. James H. Speir farm, on ■ the Etowah river, in the 21st district and 2d seption of Cherokee' ■county, Georgia, and after describing a part of…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
The controversy arose over the proper location of a tract of forty acres of land purchased by the plaintiff’s intestate, Mrs. Emily P. Stegall, from Speir, one of the defendants. In his suit the plaintiff invokes the aid of equity in construing, or reforming, the description of this tract of land, contained in a bond for titles which Speir gave to Mrs. Stegall. The court below sustained two demurrers to the petition, a joint demurrer filed by two of the defendants and a separate demurrer filed by the other defendant, and dismissed the case as to all the defendants; and we are to determine…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Satterfield v. SpierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901