45 Ga. 483 | Ga. | 1872
An application was made to the Ordinary of Richmond county by J. J. Lathrop and S. J. Lathrop, his wife, as head of a family, for a homestead exemption out of the value of a city lot in the city of Augusta, under the provisions of the 7th section of the Homestead Act of 1868. The Ordinary allowed the homestead, and the Soldiers' Loan and Building Association, a mortgage creditor of the applicants, excepted to the judgment of the Ordinary allowing the homestead, on the ground that the applicants were not entitled to the homestead exemption prayed for under the law applicable to the facts of the case. The exceptions were overruled by the Or
It appears from the record, that on the 16th day of February, 1866, Mrs. Lathrop mortgaged the city lot to the Soldiers’ Loan and Building Association as her separate property, to secure the loan to her of the sum of $8,000 and interest thereon. It also appears that she made an affidavit on the back of said mortgage, before a Notary Public, (who examined her separate and apart from her husband) that the mortgage was executed by her free will and consent, and that the mortgage money was to be used for the payment of the money due on the purchase of the property, to John H. Myer, Esq. It also appears from the evidence in the record that the money was loaned to her on the faith of her sworn statement on the back of the mortgage.
Let the judgment of the Court below be affirmed.