Salter v. Doe ex dem. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Sumpter Superior Court. Tried before Judge Warren, May Term, 1851. Upon the trial of this case, plaintiff introduced a grant from the State of Georgia, (dated in 1843,) to Elizabeth Williams, widow, of--district, Hancock County, Georgia; proved possession in defendant, and closed.
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Ejectment, in Sumpter Superior Court. Tried before Judge Warren, May Term, 1851. Upon the trial of this case, plaintiff introduced a grant from the State of Georgia, (dated in 1843,) to Elizabeth Williams, widow, of--district, Hancock County, Georgia; proved possession in defendant, and closed. Defendant offered in evidence the deposition of Eli Johnson, who swore, that he knew a lady formerly named Elizabeth Williams, and that she drew the lot of land in dispute, as he knew, from having seen the plat and grant; she married a man by the name of Ingram; that Ingram is dead. They were married…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
The first request of the counsel for plaintiff in error to charge, was correctly declined by the Court. He was desired to say to the Jury, that if there was more than one Elizabeth Williams in existence, it was incumbent on the plaintiff alleging the same, to prove it. This action was brought upon the demise of Elizabeth Williams. The defendant proved that she had intermarried before the suit was brought, with one Ingram. His idea is, that if plaintiff can recover after this proof, upon the demise oí Elizabeth Williams, he must show that there was…
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