Knox v. Yow
Supreme Court of Georgia
Before Judge Hutchins. Franklin superior court. March term, 1892. t On the 1st day of January, 1877, J. T. Knox conveyed to his wife a tract of Hand containing 1,150 acres, more or less, the consideration expressed in the deed being love and affection and the sum of five dollars.
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Before Judge Hutchins. Franklin superior court. March term, 1892. t On the 1st day of January, 1877, J. T. Knox conveyed to his wife a tract of Hand containing 1,150 acres, more or less, the consideration expressed in the deed being love and affection and the sum of five dollars. On the 19th of April, 1879, one Lester, as administrator of Matthews, obtained a judgment against Knox upon a written contract made September 21st, 1876, by which Knox contracted to retain Matthews as attorney at law to represent him in a prosecution for robbery then pending in the superior court of Iiart county, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
1. The material facts of this case appear in the foregoing statement prepared by the writer.
Mrs. Knox really abandoned her claim of title to the land in dispute derived through the deed made to her by her husband. As will have been seen, this deed upon its face appears to be a voluntary conveyance; and although in her petition she alleges it was founded upon a valuable consideration, her conduct from the beginning shows that she recognized the fact that it would not be good as against creditors of her husband to whom he had become indebted prior to its execution. Although the…
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