Lamar v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and Wife. Alimony. Title, Liens. Before Judge Snead. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1881. A ft. fa. in favor of Lamar vs. Blair, was levied on certain land, which was claimed by Mrs. Sarah Jennings. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, which was, in brief, as follows: In 1859, Blair was married to Melinda Lamar, the daughter of plaintiff, and deserted her in 1871. She thereupon returned to her father with whom she has since lived.
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Husband and Wife. Alimony. Title, Liens. Before Judge Snead. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1881. A ft. fa. in favor of Lamar vs. Blair, was levied on certain land, which was claimed by Mrs. Sarah Jennings. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, which was, in brief, as follows: In 1859, Blair was married to Melinda Lamar, the daughter of plaintiff, and deserted her in 1871. She thereupon returned to her father with whom she has since lived. In 1872 Lamar brought suit against Blair for board furnished his wife, and in 1875 recovered a judgment which was paid by Blair.…
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
The question presented by this record for review is, whether the property of the husband is so affected by the fact of separation from the wife that a bona fide purchaser for full value cannot acquire title against a judgment of the wife’s father for board and necessaries of the wife during such separation ; such purchase being prior to the judgment and there being neither libel for divorce nor application for alimony by the wife pending. The court *394below'held that section 1721 of the Code was a part of the divorce law of the state, and had no application to the case made by the…
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