Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Co. v. Bank of Brunswick
Supreme Court of Georgia
t Claim. Lien. Judgments. Possession. Charge of Court. Practice in the Supreme court. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1874. An execution in favor of the Bank of Brunswick against the Water Lot Company of the city of Columbus, was levied upon certain water lots in the city of Columbus. A claim to a portion of the property covered by the levy was interposed by the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company.
Read the full summary
t Claim. Lien. Judgments. Possession. Charge of Court. Practice in the Supreme court. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1874. An execution in favor of the Bank of Brunswick against the Water Lot Company of the city of Columbus, was levied upon certain water lots in the city of Columbus. A claim to a portion of the property covered by the levy was interposed by the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company. The claim was based on a purchase by claimant and four years possession prior to the levy. Upon this branch of the case the evidence was that claimant had…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
Title to the property levied upon, was shown, on trial, to have vested in the defendant in ft. fa., in the year 1845. A part of the chain, was a legislative charter granted in that year. See 11th Georgia Reports, 556. The judgment was rendered in 1855. No conveyance of title out of defendant appeared. There is parol evidence that the claimant bought in the early part of 1866, but from whom is not stated. There is, in the record, a deed, introduced by the plaintiff in fi.fa., dated in 1863, from one Josephus Echols to the Eagle Manufacturing Company; but the claimant is the…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Ponder v. GraflinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- McCaffrey & Co. v. Georgia Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882