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147 Ga. 404

Gibbs v. Harrelson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 17, 1917

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1917-11-17

<p>Equitable petition. Before Judge Sheppard. Effingham superior court. April 16, 1917.</p>

Relies on Biggs v. Silvey · Moore v. Smith · Kehoe v. Rourke

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Decided 1917-11-17

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Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently April 1956

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Gilbert, J.

¶1To a suit by a creditor against grantees in a deed to land executed by Ms debtor, for cancellation of the deed, and for judgment on the debt, the grantor (or, if dead, his legal representative) is a necessary party; and where the petition fails to make the legal representative of the deceased debtor a party, it is properly dismissed on demurrer-. Biggs v. Silvey, 140 Ga. 762 (79 S. E. 857); Kehoe v. Rourke, 131 Ga. 269 (62 S. E. 185) ; 9 C. J. 1227. This cáse differs from that of Moore v. Smith, 121 Ga. 479, 482 (49 S. E. 601). In that case the suit was against the widow, who was the sole heir, and who took possession without administration, there being no cancellation sought.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

AU the Justices concur, except Fish, O. J., absent.
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