88 Ga. 172 | Ga. | 1891
Judgment affirmed.
Cross-bill of exceptions dismissed.
On the 10th of March, 1890, Gray & Son obtained a judgment in Burke county court against Thorn for $143 principal, and attorneys’ fees, interest and cost. Execution issuing from this judgment was entered on the general execution docket of the county on March 18, 1890, and on May 20, 1890, the execution was levied on certain land as the property of Thorn. Gregory interposed a claim. Dpon the trial of the claim case, May 7, 1891, the property levied upon was found subject. The claimant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The grounds of the motion were, that the verdict was contrary to law, evidence, etc.; and that the court erred in charging that “ Contracts between relations and members of the same family are to be scanned closely.”
It appearing upon the trial that the defendant was in possession of the land at the date of the levy, the claimant assumed the burden of proof, and introduced a deed from defendant to him, dated February 18, 1890, to the land in controversy, recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court on June 3,1890; also testimony to the following effect: Thorn, the defendant, sold the land levied on to claimant at the time of the execution of the deed. It was stipulated at the sale that defendant was
Plaintiff introduced claimant who testified, in substance: Does not know how much Thorn owed nor how much property he owned ; knew he had been sued by Gray; asked him if there were any debts or executions to come against him, and he said there had been a suit pending against him by Gray, but he had made arrangements with Warnock to have the suit .stopped.
The plaintiffs took a cross-bill of exceptions not here ' material. Among the citations of counsel were the following: Code, §§2640, 2751, 1952, par. 2; 55 Ga. 497; 67 Ga. 430, 528(3); 65 Ga. 82; 80. Ga. 408(3); 76 Ga. 243, 347; 69 Ga. 757; 75 Ga. 537; 57 Ga. 238; 73 Ga. 115; 82 Ga. 827; 51 Ga. 18, 528; 64 Ga. 442; 59 Ga. 443; 20 Ga. 600(5); 6 Ga. 103; 60 Ga. 85; 62 Ga. 627(3); Acts 1889, p. 106.