Evans v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Hart. Hancock superior court. August term, 1895. Samuel Evans brought his petition against Della C. Courson, her husband John M. Courson, her father W. L. Coleman, H. J. Quinn, and Sibley, Nixon & Co., alleging as follows: On August 18, 1893, plaintiff obtained judgment against Mrs. Courson for $1,622.28 principal, $225.74 interest, and costs.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Hart. Hancock superior court. August term, 1895. Samuel Evans brought his petition against Della C. Courson, her husband John M. Courson, her father W. L. Coleman, H. J. Quinn, and Sibley, Nixon & Co., alleging as follows: On August 18, 1893, plaintiff obtained judgment against Mrs. Courson for $1,622.28 principal, $225.74 interest, and costs. When he received her notes in the suit on which the judgment was obtained and upon which the suit was brought, she had sufficient property to pay his claim, which was liable for the debt and to levy under his fi. fa.…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
The official report states, in substance, the pleadings and the evidence. It will there be seen that Evans filed his equitable petition against Mrs. Courson, her husband John M. Courson, her father W. L. Coleman, and others mentioned therein, to set aside certain mortgages executed by Mrs. Courson to her father and to others, upon the ground that they were given for the purpose of delaying or defrauding her creditors. He also, in the same petition, claimed damages against Coleman and John M. Courson for recording the mortgages alleged to be fraudulent, and for giving notice thereof at a sale…
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