Walden v. Walden
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Eawlings. Jefferson superior court. May 17, 1906. William M. Walden, and Sallie, Katie, and Preston Walden, by their next friend, brought suit against William Walden to recover certain land. The defendant filed a plea of res adjudicata.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Eawlings. Jefferson superior court. May 17, 1906. William M. Walden, and Sallie, Katie, and Preston Walden, by their next friend, brought suit against William Walden to recover certain land. The defendant filed a plea of res adjudicata. A verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant, but was reversed by this court on the ground that it did not appear that, in the claim cases on which this plea was based, any judgments had been entered on the verdicts of the jury. After the case was returned to the superior court, on motion the court entered judgments nunc…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1, 2. The defendant claimed the land in controversy under a. sheriff’s sale. He pleaded that it had been adjudicated that the land was subject to sale on the trial of claims interposed to the levy by the present plaintiffs, through certain persons as their next friends; that he had bought after this under the sheriff’s sale, and that the matter was res adjudicata. A mortgage was offered in evidence which contained the following description: "One tract or parcel of land lying in Jefferson county, Georgia, in the 79th district G. M., containing one hundred…
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