Biggers v. Hall
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
The brief for plaintiff in error begins as fol*887lows: ' “This was a suit in ejectment, based for its merit on the proposition that a sale under power of attorney in a security deed made on the fourth day of July was void because had on a holiday. There was no other question involved.” It was distinctly held, in Hamer v. Sears, 81 Ga. 288 (6 S. E. 810), that a judgment rendered on the fourth day of July is not void; and in Lumpkin v. Cureton, 119 Ga. 64, that there is no law in this State which renders a sheriff’s sale invalid because made on that day. At common law, even…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hayden v. MitchellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Hamer v. SearsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Southern Railway Co. v. WallisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Lumpkin v. CuretonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
3Cited by4 opinions
- MILLER GRADING &C. v. Ga. Fed. &C. Assn.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Miller Grading Contractors, Inc. v. Georgia Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Dumas v. BurleighSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Felts v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956