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Georgia, had the right to redeem this
land in one year and it was necessary
to Becketts purpose to prevent this.
He, therefore, caused the execution al
ready obtained by Mrs. Burch on her
mortgage to be levied on Barstow's
| equity to redeem this land from tax
sales given him by the law of the
state. Oct. 5, 1897, this was sold to Mrs
Burch for $3.50. Thus Barstow, who we
are satisfied was wholly incapable of
looking after his affairs. and who was
represented by nobody, was deprived
Of land worth $4,000 for $685.. 1t is
perfectly evident that this action of
Beckett in selling Barstow's equity to
redeem the land from the tax sale was
not done to strengthen the security of
his client, Mrs. Burch, for had the land
been redeemed the lien of her 1udg-
ment, which appears to have been the
only one against Barstow after the tax
execution was settled, would have at
tached to all the values thus redeem
ed, aggregating as we have seen. in
the neighborhood of $4,000. His action
was evidently taken, therefore, not to
save his client, but to preclude the un-
fortunate debtor from any chance to
save the large values which he had
caused the sheriff to levy upon, when
that official had levied elsewhere. The
land which Mrs. Burch thus obtained
for 1885, on Feb. H. 1899, she sold to
Postell, Harrison. Fuchs, Starr and
Dillon for $3.20625. OF this sum these
purchasers only paid 1000, and Mrs
Burch took security deed from them
for the balance. Her profit on the sale
of this tract of Barstow's property
was S2.221, rs, largely more than her
judgment against him. And thus we
have seen on the two tracts her profit
IS $3.471, nearly twice as much as the
principal and interest originally due on
her mortgage.
Quarrel With Mr.. CrOnIx.
In the meantime, however, Barstow
mad lnsanely quarreled with his attor-
hey, Mr.. Cronk, who had apparently
done all he could to save him. and Mr..
Cronk had obtained judgment against
MIN for fees. This was levied on the
remaining tract of twenty acres.
George Beckett, the son of Isaac. was
the attorney for Cronk, and when this
land, worth $4,000, was brought to sale.
It was knocked down to c. H. Dorset
as agent for Mrs. Burch, for the sum
of $500. This was done at the instance
of Isaac Beckett Notwithstanding
S
estate, there appears yet unsatisfed on
the mortgage for $1,000, $1,242 princi-
pal. Thus sales of Barstow's property
amounting in the aggregate to 500, 552
nave been so managed as to satisfy a
little more than $3.50 of the principal
deot or $lbcO, leaving $1.242 of the
principal and interest yet unpaid"
The court then cites various authori-
ties, saying that lit seems wholly SUI
pertuOuS to mnltiplV precedaDtS Nvbara
such authoritative decisions are af-
torded from the supreme appellate
court of the nation"
1T is certainly true that length of
time is no bar to a trust clearly estlb-
hshed,' continues the decision, land in
a case where fraud is imputed and
proved, length of time ought not, upon
principles of eternal justice, to be ad-
mitted to repel relief. On the con-
trary, it would seem that length of
time. during which the fraud has been
successfully concealed and practiced.
Is rather an aggravation of the Of
tense and calls more loudly upon a