Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 37Edward O. Jenkins, 1869 |
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... , 1867 . William Henderson died in 1852 , leaving real and per- sonal property worth about fifty thousand dollars . Since that , the realty has been cut off into Terrell county by a Greer , Adm'r James Greer , et al . vs. 2.
... , 1867 . William Henderson died in 1852 , leaving real and per- sonal property worth about fifty thousand dollars . Since that , the realty has been cut off into Terrell county by a Greer , Adm'r James Greer , et al . vs. 2.
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... dollars . The real estate was land lots Nos . 258 , 259 , 260 , 241 , and fractional parts of three other lots adjoining these , the numbers of which are unknown to the complainant , being eleven hundred and ten acres , more or less ...
... dollars . The real estate was land lots Nos . 258 , 259 , 260 , 241 , and fractional parts of three other lots adjoining these , the numbers of which are unknown to the complainant , being eleven hundred and ten acres , more or less ...
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... dollars per acre , making sixteen or seven- teen thousand dollars . James Greer took possession of said lands , lived on and cultivated them till he died in 1864 , and since his death his widow has held and still holds the lands ...
... dollars per acre , making sixteen or seven- teen thousand dollars . James Greer took possession of said lands , lived on and cultivated them till he died in 1864 , and since his death his widow has held and still holds the lands ...
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... dollars per acre per annum for rent , from 16th March , 1854 , to the time of this trial and Brooking exercised acts of ownership over said lot . Plaintiff then read the answers of NATHAN R. GILBERT to interrogatories , as follows : I ...
... dollars per acre per annum for rent , from 16th March , 1854 , to the time of this trial and Brooking exercised acts of ownership over said lot . Plaintiff then read the answers of NATHAN R. GILBERT to interrogatories , as follows : I ...
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... dollars and a half per acre for rent per annum . Plaintiff next read the answers of WILLIAM E. ATKINSON to interrogatories . He answered that he knew Brooking was a squatter or intruder on said lot , and had heard Brooking say that he ...
... dollars and a half per acre for rent per annum . Plaintiff next read the answers of WILLIAM E. ATKINSON to interrogatories . He answered that he knew Brooking was a squatter or intruder on said lot , and had heard Brooking say that he ...
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Page 535 - We choose rather to plant ourselves on what we consider impregnable positions. They are these : That a State has the same undeniable and unlimited jurisdiction over all persons and things, within its territorial limits, as any foreign nation; where that jurisdiction is not surrendered or restrained by the Constitution of the united States.
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Page 136 - Whatever may be the case in other countries, yet in this, there can be no doubt, that every act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is absolutely void.
Page 538 - Constitution, and the laws of the United States made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, any thing in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
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