Pritchett v. Davis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Smith. Montgomery county. January 13, 1897. Mrs. Davis, for herself and as next friend of her two minor children, brought her petition against William & T. J. Pritchett, alleging that plaintiffs held the paramount right to the exclusive possession, use and control of a tract of land described, which had been set apart for their use and benefit as a homestead out of the property of Arthur Davis, the husband and father of the plaintiffs; that…
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Injunction. Before Judge Smith. Montgomery county. January 13, 1897. Mrs. Davis, for herself and as next friend of her two minor children, brought her petition against William & T. J. Pritchett, alleging that plaintiffs held the paramount right to the exclusive possession, use and control of a tract of land described, which had been set apart for their use and benefit as a homestead out of the property of Arthur Davis, the husband and father of the plaintiffs; that defendants had entered on the land, and without lawful right were proceeding to cut and box for turpentine the pine timber…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. It will be seen from the foregoing statement of facts, that the homestead estate upon which petitioners based their claim to the premises in dispute and prayer for injunction was allowed and approved on December 1, 1884, and recorded *241December 9, 1884; while the contracts of lease and sale from the husband and father of the petitioners, and upon which the defendants relied, were executed, respectively, March 9, 1891, and December 21, 1894.
By article 9, section 2,- paragraph 1, of the constitution (Civil Code, § 5913) it is provided, with reference to property set apart for a homestead,…
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- Larey v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
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