Legal Opinion

Veal v. Robinson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 18, 1883PublishedCited by 18 opinions

New Trial. Title. Prescription. Fraud. Charge of Court. Before Judge Hutchins. Gwinnett Superior Court. March Adjourned Term, 1883. Yeal and Scruggs brought complaint for land against J. E. Robinson and his wife, Mrs. Fannie Robinson.

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New Trial. Title. Prescription. Fraud. Charge of Court. Before Judge Hutchins. Gwinnett Superior Court. March Adjourned Term, 1883. Yeal and Scruggs brought complaint for land against J. E. Robinson and his wife, Mrs. Fannie Robinson. The abstract of title attached to the declaration was as follows: A deed from Thomas M. Meriwether, chairman of the board of trustees, etc., to Joseph Robinson, dated January 28, 1874; a deed from Joseph Robinson and his wife, Frances E. Robinson, to plaintiffs, dated December 21, 1874; and a deed from J. M. Patterson, sheriff, to plaintiffs, dated December 5;…

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

1. A careful examination of this voluminous record satisfies us that the judge who tried this case committed no error in the various rulings and charges to which exceptions have been taken by the defendant below, nor was tbere error in the finding of the jury upon any of the questions thus submitted to them. To this extent the verdict was in accordance with the evidence. There was no error in refusing to charge any of the requests made by defendant’s counsel, except in one instance.

2. The court should not have refused to submit to the jury the issue made upon the defendant’s…

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Philbin v. CarrIndiana Court of Appeals · 1920
  2. Van Gunden v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1892
  3. De Foresta v. GastSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
  4. Lee v. O'QuinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  5. McCrea v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1934

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