Mills v. May
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. New Trial. Before Judge Clark. Calhoun Superior Court. September Term, 1870. This was ejectment by Doe, on the demise of Mary Mills, as administratrix of Frederick Mills, against Roe, casual ejector, and said May, as administrator of William Mills, tenant in possession, for land lot number one hundred and eighty-three, in said county.
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Ejectment. New Trial. Before Judge Clark. Calhoun Superior Court. September Term, 1870. This was ejectment by Doe, on the demise of Mary Mills, as administratrix of Frederick Mills, against Roe, casual ejector, and said May, as administrator of William Mills, tenant in possession, for land lot number one hundred and eighty-three, in said county. Plaintiff claimed under a conveyance of said land by William Mims to Frederick Mills, made in March, 1857. The sole heir of William Mills and said May, had filed an affidavit that said deed was a forgery. When the cause was called for trial counsel…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCay, J.
We see no error in the charge of the Judge, upon the evidence. It was nothing but his duty to point out to the jury the necessity, resting upon the plaintiff, to show that the papers introduced and the admissions referred to the particular land described in the declaration, and this is all the charge amounts to. Whether the evidence did this or not, was distinctly left to the jury. We think, too, the jury was right in their finding. There was, in fact, no evidence to justify a verdict for the plaintiff. Everything in the papers produced, and in the admissions of the deceased, might have been…
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