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Waters v. BrownleeWaters v. Brownlee

Supreme Court of Georgia
Apr 14, 1911
Reporters:
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Before:
Atkinson
Atkinson, J.

1. A petition by children alleging that their father purchased land, taking the title in his own name, and ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍used their money in part payment of the purchase-price, and that subsequently the land, was bought at sheriff’s sale, under prqcess against their father, by others with notice of an implied trust, who sold to others, who also had ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍notice of the trust, and in the petition both the father and those ultimately holding under the purchaser- at sheriff’s sale being defendants, and the prayers being to declare a trust and for an accounting against each for the mesne ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍profits during the time the respective defendants were in possession of the land, is not multifarious, nor subject to objection on the ground that there is a misjoinder of parties defendant. See Conley v. Buck, 100 Ga. 187 (28 S. E. 97).

2. Other grounds of ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍demurrer to the petition were urged, and error was assigned upon the judgment overruling the demurrer; but in the brief of counsel for plaintiffs in error no question was referred to except as dealt with in the first headnote. ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍The assignments of error on the other questions of demurrer will, therefore, be considered as abandoned.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Waters v. Brownlee
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Apr 14, 1911
Citations: 136 Ga. 182; 71 S.E. 6; 1911 Ga. LEXIS 472
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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