Legal Opinion

Blanchard, Williams & Co. v. Paschal

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1881PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Homestead. Partnership. Levy and Sale. Fraud. Before Judge WIMBERLY. Talbot Superior Court. September Term, 1880. Paschal was a member of the firm of Paschal & Heidingsfelder. Blanchard, Williams & Company were judgment creditors of the firm. Their ft. fa. was levied on the stock of goods belonging to the firm, and the sheriff took possession.

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Homestead. Partnership. Levy and Sale. Fraud. Before Judge WIMBERLY. Talbot Superior Court. September Term, 1880. Paschal was a member of the firm of Paschal & Heidingsfelder. Blanchard, Williams & Company were judgment creditors of the firm. Their ft. fa. was levied on the stock of goods belonging to the firm, and the sheriff took possession. The partners then took a list of the goods, and each selected certain goods as his and relinquished to the other his interest in the balance. Paschal thereupon applied for homestead and exemption out of the goods falling to his share and other property.…

1Opinion of the Court

Crawford, Justice.

W. O. Paschal, of the firm of Paschal & Heidingsfelder, filed his petition and schedule for homestead and exemption. Blanchard,Williams & Company, creditors, objected to the schedule, and disputed the value of the personalty. Upon the trial of the case in the superior court, to which it had been appealed, the jury rendered a verdict for Paschal. Blanchard, Williams & Company made a motion fora new trial, which was overruled, and they excepted.

1. The questions made by the record are, first, whether, if a portion of the personal property included in the schedule of applicant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Harris v. VisscherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  2. Newton v. SummeySupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  3. Hunnicutt v. SummeySupreme Court of Georgia · 1879

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In re CampDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1899
  2. Noyes v. BeldingSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Goudy v. WerbeIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Ferguson v. SpeithMontana Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Adams v. ChurchOregon Supreme Court · 1902

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