Patterson v. Clark
Supreme Court of Georgia
Receiver. Before Judge Milner. Catoosa county. At chambers, March 11, 1892. The exception here is to the appointment of a receiver to take possession of land held by Patterson, the defendant, to rent out the same to the best advantage and to hold the rents subject to further order, unless the defendant would give a hundred dollar bond for the payment of accruing rents.
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Receiver. Before Judge Milner. Catoosa county. At chambers, March 11, 1892. The exception here is to the appointment of a receiver to take possession of land held by Patterson, the defendant, to rent out the same to the best advantage and to hold the rents subject to further order, unless the defendant would give a hundred dollar bond for the payment of accruing rents. It appears that on February 4, 1890, the defendant conveyed the land to Clark, the plaintiff, by deed, and took a bond to reconvey upon the payment by the defendant of $813.88, which was the aggregate of certain judgments,…
1Opinion of the Court
*700 Judgment affirmed,.
Patterson answered, admitting that he is indebted to the -plaintiff in some amount, which he is unable to give, as all the papers are and have been in the custody of Clark, but he.denies that he owes the amount set up in the petition, or anything like it. The plaintiff has on four occasions rendered statements of this indebtedness, but these are so varying and conflicting that it is impossible to arrive at a true status of affairs therefrom. These statements are attached as exhibits to show the unreliability of the same as to the true amount of plaintiff’s demands. Under…
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