Doe ex dem. McGee v. Guthry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Walker Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walker, at the February Term, 1861. This action was brought to the November Term, 1858, upon the several demises of Thomas • W. McGee, Dorcas McGee, Henry H. McGee and Emory Hancock, against William Powell and William C. Guthry, to recover lot of land No. 130, in 11th district of the'4th section of Walker county.
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Ejectment, in Walker Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walker, at the February Term, 1861. This action was brought to the November Term, 1858, upon the several demises of Thomas • W. McGee, Dorcas McGee, Henry H. McGee and Emory Hancock, against William Powell and William C. Guthry, to recover lot of land No. 130, in 11th district of the'4th section of Walker county. At the trial, plaintiff showed a grant to Thomas W. McGee, the death of the grantee, and that Dorcas McGee is his only heir-at-law, a deed from Dorcas McGee to H. H. McGee, dated 10th February, 1855, a deed from H. H. McGee to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Lyon, J.,
delivering the opinion.
This was an action of ejectment for the recovery of lot of land No. 130, in the 11th district of Walker county, by John Doe, on the several demises of Thomas W. McGee, Dorcas McGee, Henry H. McGee and Emory Hancock, against Richard Roc, casual ejector, and William C. Guthry and William Powell, tenants in possession. On the trial, the plaintiff put in evidence the plat and grant from the State of Georgia to Thomas W. McGee, dated 1st July, 1843, for the lot in question. Then proved by Josiah Lee and Sarah Lee, the death of Thomas W. McGee, in 1847,…
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