Nicholls v. Popwell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Demurrer. Practice. Contracts. Jurisdiction. Evidence. Yerdict. Decree. Exceptions pendente lite. Before Judge Adams. Wayne superior court.
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Demurrer. Practice. Contracts. Jurisdiction. Evidence. Yerdict. Decree. Exceptions pendente lite. Before Judge Adams. Wayne superior court. March adjourned term, 1S87. The description of the lands in the original bill is as follows: “A certain tract, lot, body or parcel of land, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in said county of Wayne, and as well extending over into the county of Glynn and said State, and being immediately on the line of said two counties of Glynn and Wayne, and containing fifteen hundred acres of land, be the same greater or less, and-…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Popwell filed his bill in Wayne superior court against Sylvester Mumford, of Wayne county, and John C. Nicholls, of Pierce county; wherein- he alleged, in substance, that he had purchased a certain tract or tracts of land from the respondents, for the sum of $850 ; that he was to pay in cash $700, and to pay $150 when Nicholls should make him a warranty .deed to his half-interest in the land, and Mumford a quit-claim deed for his half interest; that.he paid the $700 in cash to Mumford, to whom Nicholls had sent him, telling him that any trade or arrangement he made with…
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