Livingston v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Wildlands. Deeds. Presumptions. Practice. Charge of court. Before Judge Roberts. Laurens superior court. Jauuary term, 1889. On December 80, 1884, Hudson brought complaint against Livingston for lot 295 in the 12th district of originally Wilkinson, now Laurens county, containing two hundred and two and a half acres ; his abstract of title being, grant from the State of Georgia to Thomas Hopper, and sheriff’s deed from Dennis McLendon, sheriff, to plaintiff.
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Evidence. Wildlands. Deeds. Presumptions. Practice. Charge of court. Before Judge Roberts. Laurens superior court. Jauuary term, 1889. On December 80, 1884, Hudson brought complaint against Livingston for lot 295 in the 12th district of originally Wilkinson, now Laurens county, containing two hundred and two and a half acres ; his abstract of title being, grant from the State of Georgia to Thomas Hopper, and sheriff’s deed from Dennis McLendon, sheriff, to plaintiff. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant moved for a new trial on the general grounds, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The plaintiff in error moved the court for a new trial upon the several grounds which are embraced in the motion, which motion was refused, and thereupon the plaintiff'in error says the court committed error.
The first special assignment of error is, that the court admitted in evidence, over the objection of defendant’s counsel, a certain wild land deed made by the sheriff’ of Laurens county to James T. Hudson, plaintiff’, to the lot of land in dispute, the same being a sheriff’s deed. The ground of this objection is, that the plaintiff did not first show that the…
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