Long v. Young
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, from Union county. Tried before Judge Rice, at May Term, 1858. This was an action of ejectment brought by John Doe, ex dem. George H. Young, against Richard. Roe, casual ejector, and Charles Long, tenant in possession, for the recovery of lot of land number 90, in the eleventh district and first section of Union county. The defendant relied upon the statute of limitations. Evidence for Plaintiff.
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Ejectment, from Union county. Tried before Judge Rice, at May Term, 1858. This was an action of ejectment brought by John Doe, ex dem. George H. Young, against Richard. Roe, casual ejector, and Charles Long, tenant in possession, for the recovery of lot of land number 90, in the eleventh district and first section of Union county. The defendant relied upon the statute of limitations. Evidence for Plaintiff. Grabrid Wooten proved that Long was in the possession of the lot of laud sued for at the commencement of the suit, and had been in possession six or seven years. Tobias Wooten, proved that…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.,
delivering the opinion.
It is not disputed but that the title to the lot of land sued for in this case, is in the plaiutiff. The defendant seeks to protect himself against a recovery, under the plea of the statute of limitations. The lot in dispute is No. 90 in the 11th district and 1st section. It adjoins No. 91. There was an improvement on 91 which was bought by the predecessor of Long, and sold to him, and by him to Davis. They extended their clearing over into 90. None of them ever pretended to own or convey the fee of either of the lots, but simply the…
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