43 Ga. 383 | Ga. | 1871
We decided in the case of Sharman vs. Howell, 40th Georgia, 257, that the application of a defendant in execution to be declared a bankrupt, did not affect the right and duty of
We incline to agree with the argument of the counsel for the plaintiff in error, that the Code, section 1753, is to be construed in harmony with the previous Acts in reference to dower, and that the right of the widow to dower must be divested by some of the modes provided by the Acts of 1826, 1842, or other Acts; for by the Code, section 1754, a naked conveyance of the title in trust for creditors, as is the case of
Judgment affirmed.