Legal Opinion

Jordan v. Beal

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1874PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Equity. Receiver. Vendor and purchaser. Before Judge .Bartlett. Baldwin county. At Chambers. December 20, 1873. Leonidas A. Jordan; as administrator upon the estate of .Benjamin S. Jordan, filed his bill against George C. Beal and Nathan H. Beal, making, in substance, the following case: On December 1st, 1869, complainant executed to the de:fendants a bond for titles to a plantation in Baldwin county, conditioned upon the payment of their two notes, each for §3,500 00,…

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1Opinion of the Court

Trippe, Judge.

All questions were eliminated from the case at the hearing by the answer of defendants and the suppletory affidavits, but one. That question is, can the vendee of lands, who sells and gives a bond for title to an insolvent vendor, one who has no property, and so known to the vendor, 'on the ground of that insolvency, simply, ask for the appointment of a receiver who shall hold the property until a decree can be had canceling the contract of sale? There ivas no fraud charged. The charge as to waste, etc., was denied by the answer and by affidavits. No authority was referred to…

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