Scott v. Singer
| Decision Date | 31 July 1875 |
| Citation | 54 Ga. 689 |
| Parties | John M. Scott, plaintiff in error. v. George Singer,Jr., defendant in error. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
Ejectment. Mortgage. Title. Before Judge James Johnson. Stewart Superior Court. April Term, 1875.
Scott brought complaint against Singer, Jr., for a lot of land in the town of Lumpkin, in Stewart county. The defendant pleaded title by prescription, and the pendency of a former suit. Upon the trial the plaintiff showed a mortgage on the property executed by one Blackburn, while in possession, regular foreclosure and sale thereunder, and deed from the purchaser to him. The defendant claimed under a private sale made by Blackburn subsequent to the date of the mortgage. It appeared that one Park had been in possession of the lot prior to Blackburn, and that he placed the latter in possession thereof. The court, thereupon, stated that as a prior, undisputed possession was shown in Park, it amounted to an outstanding title, and that therefore the plaintiff could not recover. Under this ruling the plaintiff submitted to a nonsuit, reserving the right to except.
Exception to such ruling was subsequently taken and error assigned thereon.
J. L. Wimberly; B. S. Worrill; Peabody & Brannon, for plaintiff in error.
*Beall & Tucker; Ingram & Crawford, for defendant.
In reversing the judgment the law was announced by this court, as stated in the head-notes. Nothing need be added.
Judgment reversed.
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