Wright v. Durden

In June, 1869, James Durden caused to be set aside to him, as a homestead, described land upon which he then resided. On February 25, 1870, James Durden and his wife, Harriet Durden, executed a deed conveying the' land covered, by the homestead to William Archer, which deed was in form an absolute conveyance, but recited the existence of the homestead. This conveyance was made with the approval of the ordinary of the county, expressly by authority of the act of 1868 (Ga. Laws 1868, pp. 27, 29). Official approval was endorsed on the face of the deed, in response to a petition to the ordinary,…