Legal Opinion

Ogletree v. Livingston

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 18, 1906PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Complaint for land. Before Judge Bussell. Muscogee superior 'court. April 7, 1905.

1Opinion of the Court

Beck,. J.

Missouri W. Ogletree, daughter of P. J. Biggers, deceased, filed a complaint for land, to recover her life-interest in the land described in her petition against Joseph W. Livingston, who was one of her two sons by her first husband. She claimed title under a deed from P. J. Biggers, her father, which was dated August 25, 1881, and recorded August 26, 1881. The defendant relied on three defenses: first, that P. J. Biggers, who was his grandfather, gave the land in dispute, by parol gift, to defendant and his brother, T. J. Livingston, jointly, together with another tract of land of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hodgkins v. MarshallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Lowry Banking Co. v. Abbott & SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
  3. Central Georgia Bank v. Cleveland National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  4. Virgin v. DunwodySupreme Court of Georgia · 1894

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cox v. GradySupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Armour & Co. v. BurkhalterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  3. Chandler v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  4. Ozburn v. National Union Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  5. Peninsular Naval Stores Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916

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