Legal Opinion

Tompkins v. Cooper

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 13, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Action on foreign judgment. Before Judge "Westmoreland. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1895.

1Opinion of the Court

Simmons, Chief Justice.

Cooper sold and conveyed to Tompkins, a resident of this State, a tract of land in Colbert county, Alabama, and in the conveyance reserved a lien upon the land for unpaid purchase money. Subsequently a bill was filed by Cooper-in the chancery court of the county in which the land was. situated, against Tompkins and against” the East Sheffield Land Company of that county, in which it was alleged that-Tompkins had s'old the land to the East Sheffield Land Company, which was then in possession of the same, and that a certain amount was due the complainant by Tompkins as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Winston v. BrowningSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  2. Tedder v. SteeleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  3. May v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Drake v. DrakeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. Connell v. ConnellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  3. Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. SmootCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  4. Schmitt v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  5. Dyal v. DyalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941

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