Holmes v. Holmes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition — demurrer. Before Judge Reese. Oglethorpe superior court. April term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The plaintiffs’ petition as amended presents substantially the following case: Plaintiffs and defendants were children of James Holmes, late of Oglethorpe county, deceased. In 1873, upon a judgment obtained against James Holmes for about $200 or $300, a fi. fa. was issued and levied upon about two hundred acres of land belonging to the defendant and worth some $2,000. In the litigation which resulted in this judgment the defendant James Holmes was represented by W. G. Johnson as his attorney at law, and for professional services rendered by said Johnson the defendant was due him a fee of…
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