Legal Opinion
Williams v. Savannah, Florida & Western Rwy. Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 30, 1894PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Complaint for land, etc. Before Judge Smith. Ware superior court. April term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
On October 2, 1889, B. F. Williams brought his action against the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway-Company, to recover a strip of land. He relied on a-deed to himself from Lyon, executor of Martin, dated December 10, 1860, recorded June 29, 1861, conveying *541315 acres of land lot 166 in the 8th district of Ware, formerly Appling county, bounded on the northwest side by the Savannah, Albany and Gulf railroad, or Atlantic and Gulf railroad as otherwise known (now the defendant’s railroad), and on all other sides by the original boundary of said original survey; with possession claimed…
2Cited by5 opinions
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