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Cleghorn v. Insurance Bank

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1851No. 61PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Motion to distribute money, in Baker Superior Court. Decision by Judge Warren, December Term, 1850. A Ji. fa. controlled by Charles Cleghom vs. Charles L. Bass, James S. Calhoun and others, was levied on the separate property of James S. Calhoun.

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Motion to distribute money, in Baker Superior Court. Decision by Judge Warren, December Term, 1850. A Ji. fa. controlled by Charles Cleghom vs. Charles L. Bass, James S. Calhoun and others, was levied on the separate property of James S. Calhoun. The proceeds of that levy being in the hands of the Sheriff of Baker County, a rule nisi was taken against him to show cause why the same should not be paid over to a fi. fa. founded upon an older judgment in favor of the Insurance Bank of Columbus vs. Calhoun & Bass, as partners, on which last judgment a return of “ nulla bona” had been entered.…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

Lumpkin, J.

delivering the opinion.

The Insurance Bank of Columbus, holding an execution against the firm of Calhoun & Bass, which firm was composed of James S. Calhoun and Charles L. Bass, moved a rule against James G. Johnston, Sheriff of Baker County, to show cause why he should not pay over to the plaintiffs, certain money in his hands, arising from the sale of the property of James S. Calhoun, one of the defendants. The Sheriff, in return to said rule, showed that a ji. fa. from Muscogee Superior Court, of William Foster vs. Charles L. Bass, James S. Calhoun and others, and…

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