State v. Hancock

Simmons, Justice.

Four tax executions issued against O. W. Hancock, for taxes for the years 1882,1883,1881 and 1885. They were levied upon a certain house and lot in the city of Americus. The wife and daughters of the defendant in fi. fa. interposed claims, and by consent, the four cases were consolidated, and all questions of law and fact were submitted to the decision of the presiding judge without the intervention of a jury. On the trial, the following facts appeared, either by proof submitted or by admissions of the parties:

The defendant, with the claimants as his family, had occupied the…