McDougald v. Reedy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Landlord and Tenant, Title. Prescription. Notice. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1882 Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
1. The heirs of Alexander McDougald sued Georgia A. Reedy for a tract of land. No written title of any sort wap shown to be in the plaintiff, nor was actual .possession shown in him at any time. A paper, signed by him, was put in evidence, to.the effect that Mrs. Morris might hold possession until he called for the possession, which, under the ruling in Smith vs. Singleton, Hunt & Co., this term,would have made her his tenant at sufferance,.perhaps, and put him in possession through her, in 1854, the date of the paper, if she had signed-it or acknowledged-it in any way,…
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