Groce v. Field
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Bibb Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Powers. May Term, 1852. The hill charges that in 183-, Ambrose Baker ivas appointed by the Court of Ordinary of Bibb County, administrator of Solomon Groce, who departed this life in 183-. Baker, on the 29th of October, 1838, commenced an action of ejectment in the Superior Court of said County, for the recovery of an abre of land, in the north-east corner of a ten acre lot, No. 4, on the Macon reserve, on the…
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In Equity, in Bibb Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Powers. May Term, 1852. The hill charges that in 183-, Ambrose Baker ivas appointed by the Court of Ordinary of Bibb County, administrator of Solomon Groce, who departed this life in 183-. Baker, on the 29th of October, 1838, commenced an action of ejectment in the Superior Court of said County, for the recovery of an abre of land, in the north-east corner of a ten acre lot, No. 4, on the Macon reserve, on the east side of the Ocnaulgee river, against Louisa B. Durrett, the tenant in possession. Pending the action, John M.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
In considering this cause, we have found that Ambrose Baber, administator upon the estate of Solomon Groce, deceased, brought an action of ejectment against Louisa B. Durrett, tenant, for one acre of land, lying in the north-east corner of ten acre lot No. 4, of the Macon reserve, east of the Ocmulgee river, upon a grant from the State for that lot, issued to his intestate. Pending that action, Field the trustee of Mrs. Durrett, filed the original bill, making Baber the administrator of Groce, and the heirs of said Groce, among them Solomon Groce,…
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