McCalla v. American Freehold, &c., Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
«Claim. Practice. Levy and sale. Administrator. Deed. Estoppel. Ratification. Creditor. Before R. M. Willis, judge pro Jiao vice. Harris superior court.
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«Claim. Practice. Levy and sale. Administrator. Deed. Estoppel. Ratification. Creditor. Before R. M. Willis, judge pro Jiao vice. Harris superior court. April term, 1891. A fi.fa. in favor of the American Freehold Land Mortgage Company of London, limited, against Truett, administrator of John L. McCalla, deceased, was levied upon certain land, parts of which were claimed by Nancy, Louisa and Jane McCalla, these parts being lot 220 and 50 acres of the southeast corner of lot 219. The entry of levy stated that the projierty was “levied on as the property of John L. McCalla, deceased, in the…
1Opinion of the Court
*114 Judgment reversed.
The testimony showed that the claimants lived with their father on the laud in dispute, up to his death eight or nine years before the trial, and had been in possession ever since. John L. McCalla died about four years before the trial. He was never in possession of the land in dispute. The claimants were not present when the deed from them to John L. McCalla was signed. Their names were signed thereto by their brother, Robert McCalla, who testified that he went with one Grant, to witness the deed, to the house of Sparks, J. P., and in a short while John L. McCalla. came.…
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