Barfield v. Barfield
Supreme Court of Georgia
Homestead. Husband and Wife. Parent and Child. Injunction. Receiver. Before Judge Stewart. Henry-County. At Chambers. January 23,1884. Reported in the decision
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
Two of the minor children of Benjamin Barfield, by an elder brother as their next friend, brought a bill in equity against their father, praying for an injunction to restrain him from cutting and selling timber off of ?. homestead estate set apart in the year 1S69, at the instance of their mother, now deceased, and for a receiver to take charge of the homestead, that they might receive a support and education therefrom.
The complaint is that their father has married again, and is using the homestead for the benefit of said second wife and her family, and excluding from…
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