Legal Opinion

Crump v. Crump

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 18, 1913PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Partition. Before Judge Brand. Banks superior court. January 26, 1912. One of the heirs at law of E. G. Crump, deceased, made application for partition of a tract of land in Banks county.

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Partition. Before Judge Brand. Banks superior court. January 26, 1912. One of the heirs at law of E. G. Crump, deceased, made application for partition of a tract of land in Banks county. It appears from the pleadings and admissions duly made, that the widow of said deceased had a life-estate in said land; that she was dead; that there, were1 several children, each originally owning, at the death of their father E. G. Crump> one undivided seventh vested-remainder interest in the land in question. It was mutually admitted, that E. T. Crump had purchased and owned the interest of T. E., Crump,…

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) We are of the opinion that the verdict directed by the court was demanded under the pleadings and evidence in the case, and that, having properly directed the verdict, the judge erred when subsequently, upon motion of one of the losing parties, J. W. Crump, he set it aside. Whether or not the sale of the interest of J. C. A. Crump in the land in question, which was made by the sheriff of Banks county in the year 1885, would be held to be void on the ground that the levy was excessive, or on the ground that the fi. fa., which was levied by a bailiff of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bourquin v. BourquinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Reichert v. VossSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  3. Crosby v. MeeksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hogg v. HoggSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  2. Greenwood v. McGeeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934

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