Wool v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Deeds. Title. Charge of Court. Boundaries. Witness. Evidence. Before Judge Hutchins. Franklin Superior Court. March Term, 18S5. Wilkerson brought ejectment against Wood. The plaintiff having died pending the action, his legal representative was made a party in his stead. The jury found for the plaintiff.
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Deeds. Title. Charge of Court. Boundaries. Witness. Evidence. Before Judge Hutchins. Franklin Superior Court. March Term, 18S5. Wilkerson brought ejectment against Wood. The plaintiff having died pending the action, his legal representative was made a party in his stead. The jury found for the plaintiff. The defendant moved for a new trial, on numerous grounds, all of which are sufficiently set out in the decision, except the following : (10.) Because the court charged as follows : “ If the dividing line has fallen into dispute, and if the co-terminous proprietors (the owners of the two…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This declaration contains a single demise from Wilkerson to the plaintiff. The controversy relates to a strip of land containing about seven and a half acres, which, the plaintiff contends, is within the boundaries described in a deed from Samuel Knox to his lessor, dated the 23d of August, 1870; the deed called for 149| acres of land, but it is insisted that there is more than that quantity embraced in the boundaries specified in the deed. It appears from the deeds in evidence that Sarah Pulliam, on the 11th day of May, 1829, conveyed fifty acres of land, lying on the east side…
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