Willis v. Meadors
Supreme Court of Georgia
Homestead. Deeds. Evidence. Complaint for land. Ejectment. Amendment. New trial. Before Judge Speer. Newton Superior Court. September Term, 1879. The abstract of title attached to tbe declaration in this case was as follows: “Mortgage from Harry Camp to Adams, Hopkins & Co., dated 10th July, 1848, and registered 7th October, 1848, covering the land sued for.
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Homestead. Deeds. Evidence. Complaint for land. Ejectment. Amendment. New trial. Before Judge Speer. Newton Superior Court. September Term, 1879. The abstract of title attached to tbe declaration in this case was as follows: “Mortgage from Harry Camp to Adams, Hopkins & Co., dated 10th July, 1848, and registered 7th October, 1848, covering the land sued for. “ Mortgage fi. fa. in favor of Lambeth Hopkins and Francis T. Willis, survivors, etc., of Adams, Hopkins & Co., vs. Harry Camp. Judgment of foreclosure 31st March, 1854, fi. fa. issued 11th April, 1854, levied 20th June, 1854, by Lewis…
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
In A ugust, 1854, the lands involved in this litigation were sold under a mortgage fi.fa. in favor of Adams, Hopkins & Co., vs. Harry Camp, and bought by Willis, the plaintiff in error and a member of the firm, at $800.00 ; which sum was credited on the fi.fa., and an entry thereof made by the sheriff on his docket. No further action was taken, or had either by the sheriff, the defendant in fi.fa., or the purchaser. The defendant in fi. fa. continued in the uninterrupted possession of the land from the sale in August, 1854:, to. November 2Sth, 1870, and then sold it to…
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