Legal Opinion

Newsom v. Carlton

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 15, 1877PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Administrators and executors. Mortgages. Before Judge Bartlett. Greene Superior Court. September Adjourned Term, 1876. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

Newsom administered upon tire estate of John T. Carlton, having married his widow, and her letters having abated. Among the effects of his intestate there was a mortgage on Travis 0. Carlton’s land. Travis C. was dead, and Richard G. Carlton was the administrator on his estate. Newsom instituted suit to foreclose the mortgage. Carlton, administrator, defended the suit. The jury found for the defendant, and Newsom moved for a new trial. This motion was overruled, and Newsom excepted.

It appears from the record that the mortgage* sought to be foreclosed was dated the 3d of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thornton v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  2. Sims v. FerrillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
  3. DeGive v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Middleton v. WestmorelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  2. Reed v. AubreySupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  3. Barrett & Caswell v. DurhamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  4. Rhett v. Georgia Land & Cotton Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1880

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