Case Name: Owens v. Mack, administrator
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1948-09-07
Citations: 204 Ga. 292
Docket Number: No. 16311
Parties: Owens v. Mack, administrator.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Duckworth, P. J., who dissents, and Bell, J., absent on account of illness.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 204
Pages: 292–295

Head Matter:
Owens v. Mack, administrator.

Opinion:
Head, Justice.
The bill of exceptions names I. S. Mack, as administrator of Fannie Valentine Owens, as the only defendant in error. One of the defendants named in the petition, Fannie Valentine Dickens (for whom service of the petition was acknowledged by counsel), is not named as defendant in error, nor was service of the bill of exceptions perfected on her. The interest of Fannie Valentine Dickens, as a claimant to the property, is antagonistic to the claim of Carrie Bell Johnson Owens, the plaintiff in error. Manifestly Fannie Valentine Dickens would be interested in having the judgment of the court below sustained, since the administrator is required under a prior order of the court (which order would be nullified should the demurrer be sustained) to collect rents on the property from the claimant, Carrie Bell Johnson Owens, pay the taxes, and preserve the property and moneys collected for the person whose claim of title is eventually sustained. Under the well-recognized rule that all persons interested in sustaining or reversing the judgment of the trial court are indispensable parties in the Supreme Court and must be made parties to the bill of exceptions, this court is without jurisdiction, and the writ of error must be dismissed. Edwards v. Wall, 153 Ga. 776 (113 S. E. 190); Boyd v. DeVane, 202 Ga. 243 (42 S. E. 2d, 632).
No. 16311.
September 7, 1948.
Rehearing denied September 15, 1948.
Writ of error dismissed.
All the Justices concur, except Duckworth, P. J., who dissents, and Bell, J., absent on account of illness.