Strickland v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Georgia
■ Constitutional Law. Courts. Judgments. Executions. Equity. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Mershon. Clinch County. At Chambers. December 18, 1882. Mrs. Griffin, on behalf of herself and her minor children, filed her bill, against Strickland and the sheriff of Clinch county, alleging, in brief, as follows: On February 19, 1882, one Staten conveyed to the husband of complainant certain land, in trust for complainant and her children..
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■ Constitutional Law. Courts. Judgments. Executions. Equity. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Mershon. Clinch County. At Chambers. December 18, 1882. Mrs. Griffin, on behalf of herself and her minor children, filed her bill, against Strickland and the sheriff of Clinch county, alleging, in brief, as follows: On February 19, 1882, one Staten conveyed to the husband of complainant certain land, in trust for complainant and her children.. It was paid for from her own separate estate. On July 21, or 25, 1868, a judgment was rendered against her husband in the-county court of Clinch…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The fi. fa. in question was issued by the judge of the county court of Clinch county, and bore date the 25th of July, 1868. Upon its face it purported to issue upon a judgment of the county court rendered on the day it bears date. Some time afterward, this judgment was set aside by a judgment of the superior court of Clinch county, upon a motion regularly served, on the ground that it was rendered by a court which had ceased to exist, under the constitution of 1868. At the time this judgment of the superior court was rendered, access could not be had to the records and…
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