Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Couch
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 15, 1930No. 7682PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
The petition alleges that the plaintiff was born on February 5, 1900. The suit was filed on February 4, 1928. The petition fails to allege that plaintiff was in possession of the premises, or had ever been. One becomes of full age on the day preceding the twenty-first anniversary of his birth, on the first moment of that day. 31 C. J. 987, § 4 (2); Browne’s Blackstone’s Com. 155; U. S. v. Wright, 197 Fed. 297 (116 C. C. A. 659). The Civil Code (1910), § 3019, provides that the age of legal majority in this State is twenty-one years; until that age all…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Peterson v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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3Cited by18 opinions
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