Hiers v. Exum
Supreme Court of Georgia
Receivership, etc. Before Judge W. E. Thomas. Brooks superior court. June 30, 1923. As appears from the record, in 1919 J. R. Hiers wished to purchase a tract of land in Brooks County, containing 282 acres, more or less, and being parts of land lots 408 and 421 in the 12th district of that county.
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Receivership, etc. Before Judge W. E. Thomas. Brooks superior court. June 30, 1923. As appears from the record, in 1919 J. R. Hiers wished to purchase a tract of land in Brooks County, containing 282 acres, more or less, and being parts of land lots 408 and 421 in the 12th district of that county. He engaged the services of W. H. Long as an attorney, and the latter obtained from the Federal Land Bank of Columbia a loan of $2500, which was secured by a first security deed to the premises. Apparently Hiers needed more money to complete the purchase; for about the same time he borrowed $832 from…
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) There are three questions raised by the present record, which are determinative of all the issues involved.
1. It is insisted that the deed of Agnes C. Long, as administratrix of the estate of W. H. Long, to Mary Exum is void for the reason that, a legal sale could not be had unless first the deed of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C., had been paid and that bank had reinvested J. R. Hiers with title which might thereupon be levied and sold in satisfaction of other subsequent liens. This court has frequently held this contention to be without merit.…
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