Allen v. Lindsey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Before Judge Reagan. Butts superior court. December 21, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
James M. Lindsey died in 1879, intestate, owninga tract of land consisting of 57 acres. His widow, with their minor children, lived upon the land, and in 1891 she executed a mortgage on it in consideration of necessaries furnished for her and them. The land was sold under a foreclosure of the mortgage, and in 1898 Allen went into possession of it under deeds from the purchasers. The present suit was an action of ejectment brought to *522recover the land from Allen for the children. The defense set up on the trial below was that, prior to the date of the mortgage, title to the property had vested…
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