Legal Opinion

Stephens v. Smith

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 15, 1878PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

An open account for-supplies furnished during the year 1877, to enable the' purchaser to make his crop, and necessary for that purpose, having been reduced to judgment by suit, and a lien thereby ci eated, the subsequent setting apart to the debtor of the com, fodder, cotton and cotton-seed, the produce of that year, as exempt personalty under the constitution and statutes of the state, did not protect the same from levy and sale under the judgment. According to the principle ruled in Tift vs. Newsom, 44 Ga., 600, necessary supplies for making the crop are to be regarded as ‘‘material…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tift v. NewsomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Brigham v. BrighamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  2. Martin v. Davis & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Gresham v. Loganville Banking Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1924

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