Bank of Lumpkin v. Bank of Stewart County
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Appeal; from Stewart superior court-—Judge Littlejohn. October SO, 1915. The administrators of the estate of John T. Patterson fded a petition in the court of ordinary of Stewart county, in which they alleged: that the assets of the estate had been reduced to cash; that the total assets amounted to $16,010.84; that the total disbursements theretofore made amounted to $12,522.33; that the unpaid creditors of the estate were as follows: Bank of Stewart County, $3,811.66; Bank…
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Appeal; from Stewart superior court-—Judge Littlejohn. October SO, 1915. The administrators of the estate of John T. Patterson fded a petition in the court of ordinary of Stewart county, in which they alleged: that the assets of the estate had been reduced to cash; that the total assets amounted to $16,010.84; that the total disbursements theretofore made amounted to $12,522.33; that the unpaid creditors of the estate were as follows: Bank of Stewart County, $3,811.66; Bank of Lumpkin, $2,120.51; Farmers’ State Bank, $273.91; W. J. Sykes & Co., $14.50; B. M. Bose & Company, $10.75; that the…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. The foregoing statement discloses substantially the nature of this controversy and the material facts developed upon the trial. It was admitted by the Bank of Lumpkin, the plaintiff in error, that -the Bank of Stewart County had a lien on the bank stock owned by Patterson at the time of his death, which stock was subsequently sold by his administrators. The by-law of the Bank of Stewart County creating such lien was offered in evidence. This lien was valid and binding against the bank stock, and against the proceeds thereof in the hands of the…
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