Thaxton v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Deeds. Title. Injunction. Bankruptcy. Homestead Husband and wife Before Judge Stewart. Butts County. At Chambers. February 9th, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
On the 1st day of February, 1872, Wiley W. Thaxton made an absolute deed conveying to L. T. Roberts a certain piece of land which is the subject matter of this litigation, and Roberts gave bond to reconvey the premises upon the payment to him of the sum of six hundred and twenty-five dollars. This money was not paid at maturity, nor has it been paid since.
In January, 1873, Mrs. M. E. Thaxton, the wife of W. W. Thaxton, t-he grantor, filed her application for homestead in the land conveyed, which was resisted by Roberts before the ordinary, who granted the homestead over the…
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