Chatham v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Registry. Clerk of Superior Court. Mortgage. Before Judge Jambs Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. October Term, 1872. At November term, 1871, of the Superior Court of Muscogee county, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff against J. H. Bramhall, for $150 00 principal, besides interest, protest fees and costs, on which execution issured.
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Registry. Clerk of Superior Court. Mortgage. Before Judge Jambs Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. October Term, 1872. At November term, 1871, of the Superior Court of Muscogee county, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff against J. H. Bramhall, for $150 00 principal, besides interest, protest fees and costs, on which execution issured. The defendant, Bradford, as sheriff, 'had in his hands— raised by levy and sale of property of said Bramhall, under a morlgage fi. fa., some $1,800 00, and while so holding said money, said fi.fa. in favor of Chatham and two Justice Court fi. fas. were…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
The sole question made by this record is, whether it is a necessary part of the recording of a deed that the clerk shall enter in the index of the book the names of the parties under the proper letter, with the page where the record can be found. Is this necessary to make a complete record of a deed ? It cannot be denied that the record of a deed in a large book, with many other records of like character, and without any index to enable one searching to find the page, furnishes, in fact, but a poor notice of the existence of the deed ; and without any question, a failure by the…
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