Brown v. Wells
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Prescription. Before Judge Parrott. Lump-kin Superior Court. September Term, 1871. This was ejectment against Wells, tenant, in possession, begun on the 24th of April, 1861. Plaintiff read in evidence a regular chain of titles from the State to plaintiff’s lessors, proved the loeus and tenancy, and closed.
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New trial. Prescription. Before Judge Parrott. Lump-kin Superior Court. September Term, 1871. This was ejectment against Wells, tenant, in possession, begun on the 24th of April, 1861. Plaintiff read in evidence a regular chain of titles from the State to plaintiff’s lessors, proved the loeus and tenancy, and closed. Defendant introduced a quit-claim deed from George Williams to Nicholson, dated the 5th of May, 1851; one from Nicholson to William M. Williams, dated 28th November, 1851; one from Williams to Wade, dated the 19th of November, 1852; and one from Wade to Wells, dated the 1st of…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of a lot of land in Lumpkin county. The plaintiff showed a regular chain of title to the premises in dispute, from the State. The defendant claimed a title to the land under the Statute of Limitations, or a statutory right by prescription. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and the Court below granted a new trial. Whereupon, the plaintiff excepted.
It appears from the evidence in the record that Williams went into the possession of the land as a mere squatter, without color of title. Williams sold the land…
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