Coleman v. Slade & Etheridge
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Superior Court. Equity. Verdict. Decree. Purchase Money. Liens. Charge of Court. Debtor and Creditor. Executions. Evidence. Jury and Jurors. Promissory Notes. Judgments. Money Rule. Before Judge Willis. Olay Superior Court.
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Practice in Superior Court. Equity. Verdict. Decree. Purchase Money. Liens. Charge of Court. Debtor and Creditor. Executions. Evidence. Jury and Jurors. Promissory Notes. Judgments. Money Rule. Before Judge Willis. Olay Superior Court. March Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the following were, in substance, the grounds of the motion for a new trial: (1), (2), (9), (10), (15). These grounds all rest on allegations that the issues submitted by the judge to the jury were vague, general arid indefinite, were not properly framed, and tended to…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
Slade & Etheridge ruled the sheriff for money in his hands arising from the sale of Tumlin’s land, which they had conveyed to him under the statute of this state and deposited a deed in the clerk’s office, in order to recover the purchase money due them, he only having a bond for titles from them. Other judgment creditors were made parties to this rule, and they made the issue that the judgment of Slade & Etheridge was not for purchase money, and theirs being older, had the priority of claim upon the fund. These lands which raised this fund were a moiety of a large…
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