Johnson v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Service. Constitutional law. Deeds. Practice. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. September term, 1890. The petition of the executors of the estate of John Jones alleged that a deed had been made conveying certain land to D. F. Hammond and Robert Baugh as tenants in common; that afterwards Baugh sold to Hammond his half-interest, and executed and delivered to Hammond his deed, which deed was not witnessed by any one; that afterwards Hammond made to John…
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Service. Constitutional law. Deeds. Practice. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. September term, 1890. The petition of the executors of the estate of John Jones alleged that a deed had been made conveying certain land to D. F. Hammond and Robert Baugh as tenants in common; that afterwards Baugh sold to Hammond his half-interest, and executed and delivered to Hammond his deed, which deed was not witnessed by any one; that afterwards Hammond made to John Jones a deed conveying the property, and John Jones died leaving a will devising the property for life to his wife, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
1. An act was approved October 15th, 1885 (Acts of 1884-5, pp. 56, 57), the title of which declared that it was an act to amend section 4185 of the code by adding after the words “four months” therein, the following words: “which order to perfect service may be granted by the judge in vacation.” This is all the amending act, by its title, proposed to do to the section mentioned, viz. simply to insert the quoted words in the section at the place designated. In the body of the act it is enacted that these words shall be so added, and the act then proceeds to assert that the…
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