Rhett v. Georgia Land & Cotton Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction. Waiver. Notice. Us pendens. Administrators and executors. Judgment. Lien. Title. Before Judge Weight. Dougherty Superior Court. October Term, 1879. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to add that the decree under which this levy was made, specified that the amount recovered was a charge on the land, and that- it be seized and sold to pay the same.
1Opinion of the Court
•Jackson,' Justice.
An execution, issued on a decree from Troup superior -court, was levied on a tract of land in Dougherty county, •and the land was claimed. The execution and decree were in favor of Rliett, as trustee of Mrs. Barnard, against John D. Barnard, administrator on the estate of her deceased husband, to recover large sums due the wife as her separate property- from that estate, which the decedent had invested in property in this state, and particularly in this land levied on in this case. The bill on which this decree was based was brought in I860; and after the bill was brought,…
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