Dawson v. Dawson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. May term, 1898. By a voluntary deed dated and recorded Dec. 26,1876, Elijah Dawson conveyed certain land to his minor children, Mary, Isaac, Henry, and Adolphus.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. May term, 1898. By a voluntary deed dated and recorded Dec. 26,1876, Elijah Dawson conveyed certain land to his minor children, Mary, Isaac, Henry, and Adolphus. He retained possession of the land and continued to live on it, with' the children, returning it for taxation as his own, until his death, which occurred in 1896. On May 1, 1894, the land was sold under a general execution against him for State and county taxes for the year 1898, and a deed executed by the sheriff to the purchaser, the Queen City Real Estate Company. The…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. The decision in the case of State v. Hancock, 79 Ga. 799, followed in Barnes v. Lewis, 98 Ga. 558, fully covers the law and facts in this case. The reasoning in the decision in that case also applies to this; and the principle announced therein is the same as that involved in the case under consideration. In the Hancock case a claim was interposed by the true owners. In this case there was no claim, but a sale made under a tax fi. fa. by the sheriff, a purchase by a third party, and a suit by the true owners to recover the property. Here the father had given this property to his children,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. HancockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Barnes v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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