Strickland v. Maddox
Supreme Court of Georgia
Rule, in Cherokee Superior Court. Decided before Judge Hooper, August Term, 1850. The facts of this case are as follows : A claim case between Henry Strickland, plaintiff in fi.fa.
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Rule, in Cherokee Superior Court. Decided before Judge Hooper, August Term, 1850. The facts of this case are as follows : A claim case between Henry Strickland, plaintiff in fi.fa. H. H. Waters and I. R. Foster, defendants, and Posey Maddox, claimant, was tried before a Petit Jury, August Term, 1846, of Cherokee Superior Court, when the Jury found the property subject, and 10 per cent, damages, for which judgment was signed against the claimant and W. P. Hammond, security, on claim bond. From this verdict, the claimant appealed, and pending the appeal, withdrew his claim. The plaintiff in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] Henry Strickland, having an execution against Henry II. Waters and Ira R. Foster, caused it to be levied on a lot of land which was claimed by Posey Maddox. At August Term, 1846, of the Superior Court of Cherokee County, the Jury found the property in dispute subject to thefi.fia. with 10 per cent, damages, believing that the claim was interposed for delay. The claimant, Maddox, being dissatisfied with the verdict, entered an appeal in terms of the law. At August Term, 1847, of said Court, the claim was withdrawn. Application was recently…
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