Legal Opinion

Brantley v. Perry

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 19, 1904PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Seabrook. Laurens superior court. November 3, 1903. ■

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.

The plaintiff in error complains that the court erred in sustaining a demurrer to a petition filed by him in the superior court of Laurens county. The petition alleged, substantially, that at one time A. I. Haines and M. W. Haines were the owners of a certain tract of land; that they sold petitioner a part of the tract; that a pond was located on the portion of the land purchased by the plaintiff, and that the said Haines consented for him to drain *761the pond by digging a ditch across their land ; that, acting on this consent, he dug the ditch and cleared the land covered by the pond, expending…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mayor of Macon v. FranklinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  2. City Council v. Burum & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  3. Southwestern Railroad v. MitchellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  4. Sheffield v. CollierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
  5. Rome Gas-Light Co. v. MeyerhardtSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Miller v. SlaterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
  2. Bosworth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  3. Woodruff v. BowersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  4. Mathis v. HolcombSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
  5. Tanner-Brice Co. v. SimsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931

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