Patton v. Childs

Supreme Court of Georgia

Patton v. Childs

78 Ga. 352

DecidedDecember 7, 1886

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Patton v. Childs, 78 Ga. 352 (Ga. 1886).

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Opinion

Jackson, Chief Justice.

[Preston F. Patton filed his petition for a partition of [353]*353land, alleging that Childs and Nickerson were tenants in common with him. They pleaded in bar of the proceeding a former one instituted by them for the same purpose, to which Patton was a party, being served by publication. The case was submitted to the presiding judge without a jury. He held that the present application was barred by the former judgment, and the petitioner excepted.]

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Jackson, Chief Justice.

[Preston F. Patton filed his petition for a partition of [353]*353land, alleging that Childs and Nickerson were tenants in common with him. They pleaded in bar of the proceeding a former one instituted by them for the same purpose, to which Patton was a party, being served by publication. The case was submitted to the presiding judge without a jury. He held that the present application was barred by the former judgment, and the petitioner excepted.]

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