Legal Opinion

Pearce Furniture Co. v. Jackson

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 20, 1978No. 55653Published

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. Except where an estoppel is pleaded and proved, the lien of a judgment only attaches to that interest in property which the judgment debtor actually owns. Hartsfield Loan &c. Co. v. Garner, 184 Ga. 283 (1) (191 SE 119) (1937).

2. Once title is proved to be in a litigant, the presumption is that it so continues until the contrary is *720proved. Coleman &c. Co. v. Rice, 105 Ga. 163 (31 SE 424) (1898).

Submitted April 3, 1978 Decided April 20, 1978. H. Norwood Pearce, William H. Arey, for appellant. Charles M. Evert, for appellee.

3. Hearsay testimony, although unobjected to,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Higgins v. TrenthamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  2. Coleman & Burden Co. v. RiceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Hartsfield Loan & Savings Co. v. GarnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  4. Aliotta v. GilreathSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  5. City of Marietta v. GloverSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969

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