McCamy v. Higdon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Deed. Prescription. Before Judge Knight. Fannin Superior Court. May Term, 1873. As a part of the plaintiff’s claim of title, he tendered in evidence a quit-claim deed to an undivided fourth interest in the property in dispute, executed on January 2d, 1855, by Daniel P. Barnard, as guardian of Charlotte E. K. Prindle, reciting upon its face to have been made in pursuance of the provisions .of a decree rendered at “the last October term ” of Whitfield Superior Court,…
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Evidence. Deed. Prescription. Before Judge Knight. Fannin Superior Court. May Term, 1873. As a part of the plaintiff’s claim of title, he tendered in evidence a quit-claim deed to an undivided fourth interest in the property in dispute, executed on January 2d, 1855, by Daniel P. Barnard, as guardian of Charlotte E. K. Prindle, reciting upon its face to have been made in pursuance of the provisions .of a decree rendered at “the last October term ” of Whitfield Superior Court, to Samuel M. Street, plaintiff’s intestate. This deed was objected to, upon the ground that the decree under which it…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, under the provisions of the statute, to recover the possession of lot of land number one hundred and ninety, in the ninth district of Fannin county. On the trial of'the case, the jury, under the charge of the Court, found a verdict for the defendants. A motion was made for a new trial, on the several grounds contained therein, Avhich was overruled by the Court, and the plaintiff excepted.
There were only two grounds of error seriously urged before this Court, embraced in the motion: First, as to requiring…
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