Hobby v. Bunch
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Title. Pleadings. Sheriffs. Deeds. Amendment. Equity. Service. Practice. , Mortgages. Judgments. Jurisdiction. Promissory notes. Diligence. Before Judge Roney. Columbia superior court. September term, 1888. On March 1st, 1888, an action of ejectment was brought on the demises of "Wensley Hobby, trustee, and Bradford Ivy, sheriff", against Ike Jackson, tenant, for certain land in the county of Columbia, containing 140 acres and known as the Stanton place.
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Ejectment. Title. Pleadings. Sheriffs. Deeds. Amendment. Equity. Service. Practice. , Mortgages. Judgments. Jurisdiction. Promissory notes. Diligence. Before Judge Roney. Columbia superior court. September term, 1888. On March 1st, 1888, an action of ejectment was brought on the demises of "Wensley Hobby, trustee, and Bradford Ivy, sheriff", against Ike Jackson, tenant, for certain land in the county of Columbia, containing 140 acres and known as the Stanton place. At the appearance term, Mrs. Mary A. Bunch and her children, all of whom were of full age, were made defendants, upon their…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. As there was no demise in the declaration from Caswell, his heirs or administrator, there could be no recovery by the plaintiff’ below on his title; therefore all contest over his purchase at either of the sheriff’s sales was irrelevant and nugatory. Showing title in Caswell would not tend to support the action, but would be the certain defeat of it, since it would negative the right of all other persons, save his heirs or legal representatives, to demise the premises to John Doe.
2. It surely cannot be necessary to enter into any course of reasoning, or cite…
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