Finney v. Brumby
Supreme Court of Georgia
Interest and usury. Pleadings. Verdict. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1879. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to add the following : Brumby, trustee, brought complaint for land against Mrs. Finney, claiming title under a deed from the assignee in bankruptcy of Finney, defendant’s husband. She filed the pleas set out in the decision, in 1879. On motion the court struck the last three.
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Interest and usury. Pleadings. Verdict. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1879. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to add the following : Brumby, trustee, brought complaint for land against Mrs. Finney, claiming title under a deed from the assignee in bankruptcy of Finney, defendant’s husband. She filed the pleas set out in the decision, in 1879. On motion the court struck the last three. Plaintiff’s counsel then admitted the facts stated in the second plea, and took a verdict accordingly. Defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the-defendant to recover the possession of a tract of land therein described. The defendant filed the following pleas,, to-wit:
(1.) For plea defendant says she is not guilty of the trespasses alleged against her, and of this she puts herself upon the country.
(2.) For further plea defendant says the land in dispute-formerly was owned by A. T. Finney, her husband, and he was indebted to plaintiff the sum of $1,400.00 for borrowed money, besides interest; that said A. T. Finney, being a resident of the county of Fulton in…
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