168 Ga. 561 | Ga. | 1929
Julia Epps, Sarah Gibson, and others, alleging that they were children of Profit Heard, and descendants of children who were named in a certain deed of conveyance from Profit Heard to his wife and children, brought a petition against Profit Heard for a partition of the land alleged to have been conveyed, and for other relief. The defendant filed his plea and answer
At the trial, after both sides had introduced evidence, a motion was .made that a verdict be directed for the defendant, on the ground that “there had been no delivery shown of the deed in question to any of the grantees." This motion was sustained by the court, and the plaintiffs excepted.
It will be seen from the foregoing statement that the sole question for decision is whether, under the evidence introduced by the plaintiffs and- the defendant, a jury would have been authorized to