Richards v. Edwardy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court.. July 22, 1911. Marie Edwardy, by her next friend, brought two suits, one against J. B. Bichards and others, constituting the board of deacons of Jackson Hill Baptist Church, and the other against A. W. Farlinger, to recover an undivided interest in certain pieces of real estate held by the respective defendants, that of the church being situated at the northeast corner of the junction of Jackson Street and East…
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court.. July 22, 1911. Marie Edwardy, by her next friend, brought two suits, one against J. B. Bichards and others, constituting the board of deacons of Jackson Hill Baptist Church, and the other against A. W. Farlinger, to recover an undivided interest in certain pieces of real estate held by the respective defendants, that of the church being situated at the northeast corner of the junction of Jackson Street and East Avenue, and the Farlinger property fronting 50 feet on the north side of East Avenue near Boulevard, in the City of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) These cases have been considered and decided together, inasmuch as the facts relating to the main question in each case are the same.
*6941. The question of primary importance is as to whether the ■sales of the property in controversy by the sheriff, in April and May, 1872, were void or not. Independently of the question whether the description of the property levied upon by virtue of the execution under which the sale took place was sufficient, under the admitted facts and the law applicable thereto, we are clearly of the opinion that the sale of lots 3 and 4,…
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