Supreme Court of Georgia, 1901

McConnell v. Cherokee Mining Co.

McConnell v. Cherokee Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 6, 1901 · Fish
114 Ga. 84; 39 S.E. 941; 1901 Ga. LEXIS 580

McConnell v. Cherokee Mining Co.

Opinion of the Court

Fish, J.

1. Where in the trial of an action for the recovery of land the plaintiff relied .upon the contention that he and the defendant held under a common grantor, which was denied by the defendant, proof by the plaintiff that the defendant had in his possession a chain of title to the premises in dispute, one link of which was a conveyance from the person claimed by plaintiff to be such common grantor, was not, without more, sufficient to authorize a verdict for plaintiff, as the defendant, for aught that appeared, may have held a valid title from a different source.

2. There was no error in granting a nonsuit in this case.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

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