Floyd v. Bell

Supreme Court of Georgia

Floyd v. Bell

42 S.E.2d 639, 202 Ga. 269, 1947 Ga. LEXIS 401

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedApril 19, 1947

Docket15767.

StatusPublished

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Floyd v. Bell, 42 S.E.2d 639, 202 Ga. 269, 1947 Ga. LEXIS 401 (Ga. 1947).

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Wyatt, Justice.

“A plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant’s title.” Code, § 33-101. Taken as a whole, the evidence adduced on the trial of this ejectment suit was too vague and indefinite to show title in the plaintiffs, by virtue of inheritance, through parties dying years ago; and the trial court did not err, at the conclusion of evidence offered by both sides, in directing a verdict for the defendant, who, according to the plaintiffs’ evidence, had been in possession of the premises for a long number of years prior to the institution of the suit. Anderson v. Robinson, 75 Ga. 375 (2).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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Wyatt, Justice.

“A plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant’s title.” Code, § 33-101. Taken as a whole, the evidence adduced on the trial of this ejectment suit was too vague and indefinite to show title in the plaintiffs, by virtue of inheritance, through parties dying years ago; and the trial court did not err, at the conclusion of evidence offered by both sides, in directing a verdict for the defendant, who, according to the plaintiffs’ evidence, had been in possession of the premises for a long number of years prior to the institution of the suit. Anderson v. Robinson, 75 Ga. 375 (2).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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