Winter v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Iverson, May Term, 1851. This suit was brought by Jones, to recover fractional lot, (No. 10,) in 7th district of Muscogee.
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Ejectment, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Iverson, May Term, 1851. This suit was brought by Jones, to recover fractional lot, (No. 10,) in 7th district of Muscogee. The plaintiff claimed under a grant issued in 1849, to him as purchaser, under a sale authorized by the Act of 1847, entitled “ an Act to authorize the Governor to appoint fit and proper persons to sell and dispose of the undrawn lots in the Land Lotteries heretofore had in this State, and to limit the time for fraction purchasers to pay for, and to take out grants for fractions.” For Act, see JVew Dig. p. 709. It…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
This is an action of ejectment, for fraction No. 10, in the 7th district of Muscogee County, purchased originally at the sales in 1828, under the provisions of the Act of 22d December, 1827. Seaborn Jones, the defendant in error, became the purchaser, for the sum of $1550; received a certificate, in accordance with the provisions of said Act, and transferred the same to one Stephen W. Xngersoll. The whole purchase money was paid, prior to the passage of the Act of 1834, for the sale of reverted fractions ; and the certificate of said sale, with…
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