Stanford v. Mangin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Habersham Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hutchins, at April Term, 1860. This was an action of ejectment brought by John Doe ex dem. William H. Mangin and Andrew J. Nichols, against Richard Roe, casual ejector, and John R. Stanford, tenant in possession, for the recovery of Eve acres of land, more or less, being a portion of lot No. 19, in the 10th district of Haber-sham county, known as “ The Island.”
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Ejectment, in Habersham Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hutchins, at April Term, 1860. This was an action of ejectment brought by John Doe ex dem. William H. Mangin and Andrew J. Nichols, against Richard Roe, casual ejector, and John R. Stanford, tenant in possession, for the recovery of Eve acres of land, more or less, being a portion of lot No. 19, in the 10th district of Haber-sham county, known as “ The Island.” Both parties claim under Benjamin Vaughn, the former owner of the land; the plaintiff, under a deed from Vaughn to William H. Mangin, dated 29th September, 1838, conveying “all…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Stephens, J.,
delivering the opinion.
We find no error in this record except in the charge of the Court. We think there was error in the charge, that the real question in the case was, where was Soquee river at the time Vaughn made the deed to Mangin? and in refusing to charge without qualification that the plaintiff could not recover if.the channel of the river was on the west side of the island when Mangin made his deed to Wade on the 21st of January, 1842. The plaintiff had a demise from Mangin, it is true, but Man-gin was admitted to be dead, and there could be no recovery…
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