Frost v. Render
Supreme Court of Georgia
Levy and sale. Sheriff. Title. Contracts. Estate.' Debtor and creditor. Before Judge BUCHANAN. Troup Superior Court. November Term, 1879. The following, taken in connection with the decision, sufficiently reports this case : Jesse McClendon, deceased, was the common debtor.
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Levy and sale. Sheriff. Title. Contracts. Estate.' Debtor and creditor. Before Judge BUCHANAN. Troup Superior Court. November Term, 1879. The following, taken in connection with the decision, sufficiently reports this case : Jesse McClendon, deceased, was the common debtor. There were various fi. fas. against him, one in favor of Wilson, Callaway & Co., held by Ferrell and Park, transferees ; another in favor of Frost; two others in favor of Thornton, administrator, held by Frost and Crenshaw, transferees. All these were levied on certain land as the property of defendant in fi. fas. He…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
This was a bill of interpleader, filed by the tenants on a plantation which belonged to a decedent by the name of *17McClendon, against Frost and Render, setting out that they owed rent for the place in the shape of certain bales of cotton, part of the crop made thereon, which was claimed by the two defendants to be due and payable to each of them, and that complainants were ready to turn it over to either, but did not know to whom, and therefore prayed that the defendants interplead and the court settle the controversy.
Thereupon defendants interpleaded, and under the…
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