Doe ex dem. Horne v. Roe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Before Judge Parrott. Whitfield Superior Court, April. Term, 1872. The demises laid in plaintiff’s declaration were as follows, to-wit: 1st, of Robert S. Denham and his wife Sarah, to lot one hundred and twenty-nine, eleventh district, third section; 2d, of William D. Bevil and his wife Catherine Bevil, to the same lot; 3d, of James U. Horne to the same lot; 4th, of James U. Horne to the undivided two-thirds part of the same lot.
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Before Judge Parrott. Whitfield Superior Court, April. Term, 1872. The demises laid in plaintiff’s declaration were as follows, to-wit: 1st, of Robert S. Denham and his wife Sarah, to lot one hundred and twenty-nine, eleventh district, third section; 2d, of William D. Bevil and his wife Catherine Bevil, to the same lot; 3d, of James U. Horne to the same lot; 4th, of James U. Horne to the undivided two-thirds part of the same lot. The defendant pleaded the general issue and the statute of limitations. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. Plaintiff moved for a new trial upon several…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner Chief Justice.
This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant, to recover possession of a lot of land in Whitfield county. The jury, oh the trial of the case, under the charge of the Court, found a verdict for the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial, which was overruled, and the plaintiffs excepted. The evidence, as contained in the record, is, in substance, as follows:
The lot of land was granted by the State to the minors of Joseph Barnes, Emily, Caroline and Sarah. Emily married Andrew J. Denham, Caroline married William D. Bevil, and Sarah…
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