Douglass v. Boynton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in the Superior Court. New trial. Before Judge Wright. Chatham Superior Court. March Term, 1877. A fi. fa. in favor of Douglass against R. R. Davis was levied on certain land, which was claimed by Boynton. On the trial, the evidence for plaintiff was, in brief, as follows; The judgment was rendered March 16, 1869, and the levy made April 15, 1873. Davis had been in possession of the land since 1855 or 1856, and was living on it.
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Practice in the Superior Court. New trial. Before Judge Wright. Chatham Superior Court. March Term, 1877. A fi. fa. in favor of Douglass against R. R. Davis was levied on certain land, which was claimed by Boynton. On the trial, the evidence for plaintiff was, in brief, as follows; The judgment was rendered March 16, 1869, and the levy made April 15, 1873. Davis had been in possession of the land since 1855 or 1856, and was living on it. Claimant has.been cultivating adjacent land. The evidence for claimant was, in brief, as follows : . In 1867, claimant boarded with Davis; the latter was in…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a claim case, on the trial of which the jury, under the charge of the court, found the land levied on not subject. The plaintiff made a motion for a new trial, on the several grounds therein stated,, which was overruled by the court, and the plaintiff excepted.
1. It appears- from the record and bill of. exceptions, that the plaintiff’s counsel, on the- argument of the case before the jury, proposed to read to them the case of Peck vs. Land, as reported in the 2d volume of Kelly's Reports, which' the court refused to allow him to do, but told him he could read it…
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