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26 Ga. 167

Chambless v. Taber

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 15, 1858

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1858-06-15

Equity, from Worth county. Injunction. Before Judge Lamar, at chambers. Hudson D. Taber, the complainant, alleged in his bill, that on the 18th March, 1849, he purchased of Daniel Harris, lots of land Nos. 204 and 205, in the 15th district of Worth, for which he received the said Harris’ deed, and he was then and there in the possession of the same.

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¶1By the Court.

Lumpkin J.

¶2delivering the opinion.

¶3We must think the injunction in this cáse was improvidently granted.. We concede that the injunction was applied for in time, under the 9th rule of Chancery Practice; that is> thirty days before the Court to which the bill is returnable. The affidavit was made five days before the time had expired. Still it was a dilatory proceeding, considering the length of time this suit had been pending.

¶4But why resort to equity when, from any thing that appears in the bill, the remedy at law was complete ? The defendant does not allege that any discovery is needed to establish his deed. Jesse Harris is dead, and he cannot It does *169not appear but that the subscribing witnesses to the deed from Jesse to Daniel Harris are in life; or other persons fully able to establish the deed if it ever existed, either in a direct proceeding instituted for that purpose, or to prove its contents on the trial at law, so as to defeat the action of ejectment against the complainant.

¶5Why then resort to Chancery? This is a legal, and not an equitable, defence, and no discovery is sought.

¶6The order of the Court granting the injunction is reversed. Nor should any amendment to the bill be allowed, except upon terms; namely: the payment of cost and requiring the amendment to be made atan early d.ay, so as to prevent delay.

¶7Judgment reversed.

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