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California Victims of Swirlers Warn of Fraudulent Land Grants
Atlanta dispatch details Los Angeles residents falling for Georgia land title swindles. Secretary Cook cites a 1790s headright system abuse where grants far exceed 1 000 acres per person, creating a false chain of title for large Montgomery county tracts.
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Atlanta
Los Angeles
Cal
Georgia
Philip Cook
Edith Maida Cook
Montgomery County
Thomas Cooper
M. M. M. M. Follo
Cook
Superior Court
Montgomery Country
Miss Cook
David H. Golden
Elbert F. Ward
Montgomery Superior Court
Tennessee & Kentucky Abstract Co
J. C. Calhoun
Mathews
Iowa
Thomas McCall