Doe ex dem. Gledney v. Deavors
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Sumter Superior Court. Tried before Judge Warren, May Term, 185Q. This was an action of ejectment by the administrators of Arnold Godwin, to recover a lot of land in Sumter County. Defendant claimed under a deed from the Sheriff of Sumter County, reciting that the land had been levied on and sold on the 1st Tuesday in April, 1841, as the property of one John Deupree.
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Ejectment, in Sumter Superior Court. Tried before Judge Warren, May Term, 185Q. This was an action of ejectment by the administrators of Arnold Godwin, to recover a lot of land in Sumter County. Defendant claimed under a deed from the Sheriff of Sumter County, reciting that the land had been levied on and sold on the 1st Tuesday in April, 1841, as the property of one John Deupree. Plaintiff claimed under a Tax Collector’s deed, reciting that the property had been sold on the 1st Tuesday in December, 1841, for the taxes of John Deupree, for the year 1841. The Court charged, that “ the lien or…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This was an action of ejectment. The plaintiff claimed under a Tax Collector’s deed, and the defendant under a Sheriff’s deed. The Sheriff’s deed bears date in April, 1841, and the Tax Collector’s deed in December of the same year. The Sheriff sold the land under an execution in favor of a citizen, as the property of the defendant in execution. The Collector caused the same land to be sold for the taxes due by the same defendant, assessed for that year. The question of title being before the Circuit Court, the presiding Judge instructed the…
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