Weeks v. Hosch Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Before Judge Mitchell. Colquitt superior court. October 6, 1908. An action of ejectment in the common-law form was brought by John Doe on the several demises of the Hosch Lumber Com* pany, E. E. Davison as administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo of the estate of James Davison deceased, C. J. Haden, Ella Martin Davison, James Davison, Mary Pearl Davison, and Temperance Estelle Davison, jointly and severally, against Eichard Eoe, casual ejector, and J. S.…
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Ejectment. Before Judge Mitchell. Colquitt superior court. October 6, 1908. An action of ejectment in the common-law form was brought by John Doe on the several demises of the Hosch Lumber Com* pany, E. E. Davison as administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo of the estate of James Davison deceased, C. J. Haden, Ella Martin Davison, James Davison, Mary Pearl Davison, and Temperance Estelle Davison, jointly and severally, against Eichard Eoe, casual ejector, and J. S. Weeks claimant of title. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and also “that he and those under whom he claims have…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. In making out their title, the plaintiffs introduced in evidence a certified copy of the letters of administration de bonis non cum testamento annexo on the estate of Davison deceased, issued to E. E. Davison in 1894, and also a certified transcript of the application of Davison, administrator de bonis non, for leave to sell the wild lands at public or private sale, and of the order of the ordinary granting it. The certificate to each of these transcripts was in similar form. It recited that “I, Jas. H. McWhorter, ordinary and ex-officio clerk of said…
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