Jones v. Georgia Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Cloud on title. Deeds. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1878. On February 12th, 1836, Nelson conveyed to the defendant a certain lot of land. The deed thereto was recorded on the 25th of the following May. On March 4, of the next year, Nelson executed.two deeds, which together covered the same property — one to defendant, embracing a sti’ip forty feet in width; the other to George Jones, jr., covering the remaining portion of the lot.
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Equity. Cloud on title. Deeds. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1878. On February 12th, 1836, Nelson conveyed to the defendant a certain lot of land. The deed thereto was recorded on the 25th of the following May. On March 4, of the next year, Nelson executed.two deeds, which together covered the same property — one to defendant, embracing a sti’ip forty feet in width; the other to George Jones, jr., covering the remaining portion of the lot. On the 10th of the same month, George Jones, jr. conveyed to Sarah Jones. These last two deeds from Nelson bear the same…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
The complainants filed their bill in March, 1877, and the cloud which they seek to dissipate or dry up had then waxed to the age of forty-one years and a month. It appeared in February, 1836, and was spread upon record in less than four months. It was already casting its shadow from thence when Nelson, the cloud-maker, selling to George Jones, Jr., in March, 1837, conveyed to him much of what had been previously conveyed to the Georgia Railroad. Generally, the older of two deeds from the same person to different grantees, covering the same premises, is the better. In…
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