Legal Opinion

Rosser v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 5, 1897PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Complaint for land. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. September term, 1896.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

E. B. Rosser and B. M. Cook sued tbe Georgia Pacific Railway Company, in an action of complaint for land, to recover a strip of land containing eleven acres, more or less, in land lots 191 and 224 in tbe 17tb district of Fulton county, sucb strip being in tbe possession of the defendant and used by it as a part of its right of way. Both parties claimed title under J. M. Cook as a common grantor. The plaintiffs claimed under a sheriff’s deed dated June 5, 1883, reciting a levy and sale of 45 acres of land in tbe lots above mentioned, as the property of J. M. Cook. Tbe judgment under which this…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ullman v. Brunswick Title Guarantee & Loan Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  2. Georgia Pacific Railway Co. v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. Jolly v. LoftonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  4. William P. Anderson & Co. v. ChenneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
  5. Kendall v. WestbrookSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Florida Central & Peninsular R. v. UsinaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  2. Cody v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Cheney v. Bank of BremenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
  4. DeVane v. DeVaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
  5. Maxwell v. Imperial Fertilizer Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897

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