Roe v. Doe ex dem. Tindal
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, from Baker county. Tried before Judge Allen, November Term, 1857. This was a motion for a new trial. An action of ejectment was brought by James S. Patillo against Jacob Watson, to recovera tract of land which had been granted to Joshua Tindal, a revolutionary soldier, in 1831. Upon the trial, the plaintiffs introduced the following testimony : The grant from the State of Georgia to Joshua Tindal, (revolutionary soldier,) of Murphey’s district, ¡Washington county,…
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Ejectment, from Baker county. Tried before Judge Allen, November Term, 1857. This was a motion for a new trial. An action of ejectment was brought by James S. Patillo against Jacob Watson, to recovera tract of land which had been granted to Joshua Tindal, a revolutionary soldier, in 1831. Upon the trial, the plaintiffs introduced the following testimony : The grant from the State of Georgia to Joshua Tindal, (revolutionary soldier,) of Murphey’s district, ¡Washington county, dated the 17th day of October, 1831, for lot of land No. 110, in the 9th district of Early county. William Griffin, who…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
By the Court. delivering the opinion.
[1.] The plaintiff tendered in evidence, a certified copy of what purported to be a deed from Joshua Tindal to Humphrey Rowel, dated 7th October, 1822, and recorded the 28th of May, 1836: Joshua Tindal making his mark to the deed, and it purports to have been witnessed by Adam and Williamson, neither of whom attest the instrument officially. Nor is it proven or acknowledged before any body. The Court rejected the copy for any of the purposes for which it was offered — either as an authentic copy of a conveyance executed according to law, or as an ancient…
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