54 Ga. 557 | Ga. | 1875
Bradshaw and other plaintiffs, a'mong them William D. Chapman, obtained judgment against William Hall; executions issued thereon, were placed in the sheriff’s hands, and levied upon certain land.- Gormerly claimed the land, and the cases.were all pending in Talbot superior court. The case of Chapman was tried, and the property found subject. Thereupon the claimant, Gormerly, resolved to bring that case to this court by bill of exceptions; and it was agreed by counsel that the other claim cases, Bradshaw’s among the rest, then ready for trial, should not be tried, but should stand continued until the case brought to this court was determined, and all should abide the decision here. Counsel for plaintiffs and for claimant all agreed to this; and claimant, Gormerly, himself stood by in person and assented thereto. This court affirmed the judgment below, the property was sold, and the money brought into court for distribution. Gormerly withdrew his claims in the other cases, and now claims that the money arising from the sale of the land should be paid to him and not to the plaintiffs. On the trial of the traverse by Gormerly, of the petitions of the plaintiffs for the fund, the plaintiffs offered to prove the agreement of counsel referred to aboye .and the assent of Gormerly thereto, which the court refused to allow. They then offered to show that the deed of Hall to Gormerly was fraudulent and void as to them, without consideration, and a mere contrivance to defraud, hinder
Judgment reversed.