Doe ex dem. Hester v. Roe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, from Heard Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hammond, at August Term, 1856. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Doe, on the. demise of Zachariah Hester, against Roe, casual ejector, and Calvin Coats, tenant in possession, for the recovery of a lot of land situated in the county of Heard.
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Ejectment, from Heard Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hammond, at August Term, 1856. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Doe, on the. demise of Zachariah Hester, against Roe, casual ejector, and Calvin Coats, tenant in possession, for the recovery of a lot of land situated in the county of Heard. Plaintiff offered in evidence, a plat and grant from the State of Georgia to Zachariah Hester, for the lot of land in dispute; proved the locus in quo, and the possession of defendant at the commencement of the suit, and closed. Defendant offered in evidence, a Sheriff’s deed to William B.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
This was an action of ejectment, to recover lot No. 274 in the 9th district of what was originally Carroll, now Heard county. The plaintiff, Zachariah Hester, introduced a grant from the State to himself; proved the locus and the possession of the defendant at the commencement of the action, and closed his case.
The defendant offered in evidence, a Sheriff’s deed to the lot of land, made to Wm. B. W. Dent. This testimony was objected to on the ground, that no judgment or execution against Bell — as whose property the land purported to have been…
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