Smith v. Turnley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction of Justice of the Peace. Homestead and Exemption. Before Judge Habyey. Eloyd Superior Court. January, 1871. Hamilton & Turnley were partners as druggists, in Rome, Georgia. In September, 1868, Turnley sold his interest in the business to Hamilton, upon certain terms specified in writing, one of which was that Hamilton would pay Turnley rent from the 1st of March, 1868, to the 1st of January, 1870, at $50 00 per month.
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Jurisdiction of Justice of the Peace. Homestead and Exemption. Before Judge Habyey. Eloyd Superior Court. January, 1871. Hamilton & Turnley were partners as druggists, in Rome, Georgia. In September, 1868, Turnley sold his interest in the business to Hamilton, upon certain terms specified in writing, one of which was that Hamilton would pay Turnley rent from the 1st of March, 1868, to the 1st of January, 1870, at $50 00 per month. Subsequently, in May, 1869, Smith bought out Hamilton, and agreed, not only to pay Turnley the rent accruing, but that which Hamilton then owed Turnley. Turnley was…
1Opinion of the Court
Lochrane, Chief Justice.
The record in this case discloses a confusion of facts out of which it has been difficult to ascertain the merits. It *246appears that Turnley, as administrator of B. H. Lampkin, deceased, made out two affidavits for rent against the plaintiffs in error, upon which distress-warrants issued, and were levied upon a stock of drugs. The property levied upon was claimed by Amelia Smith and J. E>. Smith, under the homestead and exemption laws, and the affidavit of J. D. Smith alleges that certain personal property was set apart by the Ordinary of Clay county, among which was one…
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