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Williams v. BaynesWilliams v. Baynes

Supreme Court of Georgia
Dec 13, 1889
Reporters:
,
Before:
Bleckley
Bleckley, Chief Justice.

According to the sheriff’s deed (which is now the best evidence ‍‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍of the terms of the levy, the fi. fa. being lost), the levy was upon “a certain, and all of the interest,” of James Williams in ‍‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍the lot of land in question. This levy, whether tested by the code, or by the law *117previous to the code, was void for uncertainty. ‍‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍What “a certain, and all of the interest,” of James Williams was, the terms of the levy afford no indication whatever. Whether it was ‍‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍a half, a fourth, a sixth or a twelfth, or what it was, no one could tell. Code, § 3640. Whatley v. Newsom, 10 Ga. 74. The court erred in holding ‍‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‍that the sheriff’s deed conveyed anything, and in giving judgment accordingly. Judgment reversed.

Case Details

Case Name: Williams v. Baynes
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Dec 13, 1889
Citations: 84 Ga. 116; 10 S.E. 541
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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