Stroupper v. McCauley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mechanic’s liens. Judgments in rem. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1871. For the facts, see the opinion. A judgment in rem concludes the world: Gr. Ev., secs. 541, 542, 543; Story on Conf. of Laws, secs. 593, 597: note 2, and cases cited; R. Code, sec. 3774; Cobb’s N. Dig., 555.
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomery, Judge.
This was a bill, brought by defendants in error, to compel the defendant, the present plaintiff in error, to deliver a house and lot in the city of Columbus to complainants, and for an account of the rents. The material facts are that one Peter Nolan, the father of Sarah McCauley, on. his marriage with her mother, entered into a marriage contract, whereby he settled the premises in dispute upon his intended wife and her issue. Sarah McCauley was the only issue. Nolan left the State some short time after his marriage, which was in 1848, and has never been heard of since.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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