Legal Opinion

Biggers v. Hall

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 13, 1938No. 12543PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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

  1. Hayden v. MitchellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  2. Hamer v. SearsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. Southern Railway Co. v. WallisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  4. Lumpkin v. CuretonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. MILLER GRADING &C. v. Ga. Fed. &C. Assn.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  2. Miller Grading Contractors, Inc. v. Georgia Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Dumas v. BurleighSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  4. Felts v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956

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