Legal Opinion
Beckham v. Lindsey
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 10, 1918No. 9452PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Distraint; from Colquitt superior court—Judge Thomas. November 24, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.
Lindsey went into possession of certain realty as a tenant, and "in April, 1915, the property was regularly and legally sold under a tax execution against his landlord, and, he becoming the purchaser, a conveyance was executed and delivered to him by the proper officer, vesting in him the title to the property, subject only to its possible redemption within twelve months after the sale, under the provisions of section 1169 of the Civil Code of 1910. On December 30 of the same year the landlord was duly adjudicated a bankrupt, and on April 20, 1916 (more than twelve months after the sale of…
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- Flemister v. FlemisterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
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