Johnson v. Giles
Supreme Court of Georgia
Fraud. Equity. Damages. Title. «Before Judge Simmons, Bibb Superior Court, October Adjourned Term, 1881, Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
This bill was filed by the plaintiffs in error as the chil*653dren of William and Maria Johnson to recover the lands specified therein, upon the ground that the defendants obtained it by fraud, at a sheriff’s sale which they procured to be made by the fraudulent combination of the defendants, in purchasing (he ft. fa. under the pretence of protecting the land from sale for the benefit of the said Maria Johnson and these complainants, when, in truth and in fact, they were seeking to, and did sell the same, that they themselves might become the owners thereof.
The bill set forth…
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