Holmes v. Perry (In Re Holmes)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBERT F. HERSHNER, Jr., Chief Judge.

William K. Holmes, Plaintiff, filed on May 7, 2003, a motion for summary judgment. James E. Perry, Jr. 1 (hereafter “Defendant”) and J.E. Perry Farms, Inc. filed on May 8, 2003, a motion for summary judgment. The Court, having considered the motions, the record, and the arguments of counsel, now publishes this memorandum opinion.

Plaintiffs ancestors, around 1820, owned some 7,000 acres of land in Laurens County and Bleckly County, Georgia (hereafter the “Coley Place”). Parts of the Coley Place, over the years, were acquired by third…