Lumpkin v. Eason
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Homestead. Bankruptcy. Before Judge Clark. Schley Superior Court. April Term, 1871. This was ejectment by Mrs. Lumpkin and her children, against Eason. Their title was a record, showing that, on the 12th of December, 1868, the premises in dispute had been, by the Ordinary, duly set apart to them as their homestead.
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Ejectment. Homestead. Bankruptcy. Before Judge Clark. Schley Superior Court. April Term, 1871. This was ejectment by Mrs. Lumpkin and her children, against Eason. Their title was a record, showing that, on the 12th of December, 1868, the premises in dispute had been, by the Ordinary, duly set apart to them as their homestead. Defendant's title was based upon the following facts : On the 20th of May, 1868, creditors of Lumpkin, husband of Mrs. Lumpkin, and father of said children, petitioned to have him declared a bankrupt, and that his estate be taken possession of for their benefit. On the…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Judge.
This was an action of complaint, instituted by Mrs. Fannie E. Lumpkin and her children against the defendant, to recover the possession of a tract of land. The record discloses the following facts: On the 9th day of November, 1868, John T. Lumpkin, the husband and father of the plaintiffs, was adjudged a bankrupt, and on the 28th of November, 1868, an order was granted appointing assignees to take charge of the property of the bankrupt, and dispose of it in accordance *343with the terms of the Bankrupt Act of Congress. The land was sold by the assignees of the bankrupt, purchased by…
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