Davis v. Freeman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Worrill. Early superior court. June 25, 1917. Mrs. Mollie C. Davis filed her petition against J. T. Freeman and others, and prayed that a certain deed from the plaintiff to the defendants be canceled, and that she recover possession of the land conveyed by the deed, etc.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Worrill. Early superior court. June 25, 1917. Mrs. Mollie C. Davis filed her petition against J. T. Freeman and others, and prayed that a certain deed from the plaintiff to the defendants be canceled, and that she recover possession of the land conveyed by the deed, etc. The petition alleged, in substance, as follows: On August 13, 1891, and previously to that time, the town of Blakely was in need of a site upon which to erect a school building for the white children of the town. Certain citizens of the town approached the plaintiff for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
The facts of the case are set out at length in the foregoing statement. Without deciding the character of the estate conveyed by the deed from the plaintiff to the grantees, or the question of whether the plaintiff has been guilty of such lacha, as' will prevent .a recovery by her, we are of the opinion that under the facts as disclosed by the record the plaintiff has no such right or interest in the property sought to be recovered by her as would-entitle her to the relief sought in the petition. Under the allega*123tions of the petition the deed from the plaintiff to the grantees contained a…
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