Administrators of Jones v. Nunn
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Sumpter Superior Court. Tried before Judge Taylor. This was an action of ejectment, brought by plaintiffs, to recover a lot in the Town of Americas, upon the following state of facts: Plaintiffs introduced Lott Warren, who testified that he (witness) purchased the lot on which is situate the premises in dispute, in the year 1835, of one Kenny, and thereupon went into possession of the premises.
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Ejectment, in Sumpter Superior Court. Tried before Judge Taylor. This was an action of ejectment, brought by plaintiffs, to recover a lot in the Town of Americas, upon the following state of facts: Plaintiffs introduced Lott Warren, who testified that he (witness) purchased the lot on which is situate the premises in dispute, in the year 1835, of one Kenny, and thereupon went into possession of the premises. While in possession, he sold to Harrison Jones, the administrator; that after that, one James Bassey went into possession of the lot, under a contract for purchase and held the same under…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Ni.sbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The question made here, grows out of the evidence, and it is necessary therefore to state it. The plaintiff below proved that his intestate, Harrison Jones, bought the premises in dispute from Lott Warren, Who had previously purchased from one *471Kenedy; that one Bassey went into possession, under a contract of purchase, and held the same under Jones, for several years, making improvements thereon by erecting a dwelling house and kitchen, and then moved away. The premises then remained unoccupied for four or five years, when Edmond Nunn went…
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