Faircloth v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Dougherty Superior Court. Decision by Judge Parkins, May Term, 1854. This action was brought by S. Faireloth and others vs. Jordan, for a lot of land. Jordan filed a petition to the Court, stating, that both plaintiff and defendant claimed theUand, by deeds, from one John Baugh; and that he expected to prove, by the depositions of Baugh, that plaintiff’s deed was a forgery—that Baugh lived in Newton county.
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Ejectment, in Dougherty Superior Court. Decision by Judge Parkins, May Term, 1854. This action was brought by S. Faireloth and others vs. Jordan, for a lot of land. Jordan filed a petition to the Court, stating, that both plaintiff and defendant claimed theUand, by deeds, from one John Baugh; and that he expected to prove, by the depositions of Baugh, that plaintiff’s deed was a forgery—that Baugh lived in Newton county. He prayed that the original deed be delivered to the Clerk, to be attached to interrogatories—the Clerk keeping a copy. This petition was supported by the statement of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.,
delivering the opinion.
[1.] In this case, the order of the Court excepted to wasr “ that the plaintiffs do file, in the Clerk’s office of this Court, the original deed from- John Baugh to John Carmichael, under which they claim, subject to the inspection and control of defendant and his counsel, to be attached to interrogatories, for the purpose of enabling him to attack it for forgery, upon leaving a certified copy thereof, in the Clerk’s office, to be used as evidence in the cause, in the event that said original deed is lost, or not returned into Court”.
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