Davis v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. March term, 1897. On June 5, 1896, Henry Davis, as trustee for his family, consisting of his wife Sylvia, and his minor daughter Hattie, sued for certain laud set apart to the plaintiff as a homestead for his family.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. March term, 1897. On June 5, 1896, Henry Davis, as trustee for his family, consisting of his wife Sylvia, and his minor daughter Hattie, sued for certain laud set apart to the plaintiff as a homestead for his family. The defendant, Mrs. Taylor, pleaded that she held title under a sale and deed by the sheriff by virtue of a fi. fa. issued upon the foreclosure of a lien for attorney’s fees in .favor of Jackson & King against Henry Davis, Sylvia Davis, and Joel Robert Davis, the sheriff’s deed being made to Alice J. White, by whom…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. The execution, under which the property now in controversy and which had been set apart as a homestead was sold, was issued from a judgment rendered in a proceeding to foreclose an attorney’s lien upon such property. It appears that upon the trial of the proceeding to foreclose said lien, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for a given amount, and also found that the property now in controversy was subject to the lien claimed; and that thereupon judgment was duly entered up for said sums, to be levied and realized upon the property in question, describing it, and that…
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