Case Name: Sidney B. Cheney, plaintiff in error, vs. J. P. Rosser, defendant in error
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1877-08
Citations: 59 Ga. 861
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sidney B. Cheney, plaintiff in error, vs. J. P. Rosser, defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 861–862

Head Matter:
Sidney B. Cheney, plaintiff in error, vs. J. P. Rosser, defendant in error.
[This case was argued at the last terra and decision reserved.]
When land set apart as a homestead has been sold and conveyed by the husband and wife, with consent and approval of the ordinary, and the proceeds have been invested in other land, this other land will stand in place of the homestead, as to all persons charged with notice .of the investment — so long, at least, as the original homestead is not reclaimed by, or restored to, the family.
Equity. Homestead. Before Judge "Wright. Rockdale Superior Court. September Term, 1876.
Report unnecessary.
Clark & Pace, by brief, for plaintiff in error.
J. J. Floyd, for defendant.

Opinion:
Bleckley, Judge.
This was a bill to enjoin the statutory action for land, described in 54 Ga., 168. On the hearing of the bill, the court charged the jury, in effect, that the purchaser of the land would be as well protected with notice as without it. This charge cannot be reconciled with the opinion of the supreme court, as reported in 54 Ga., supra. The view expressed in 56 Ga., 577, that homestead property will be represented by other property of like kind for which it has been exchanged, so long as the original property is not reclaimed or restored, seems to us correct The principle involved in that ruling is broad enough to comprehend a sale, followed by investment of the proceeds in similar property. The act of 1876, pamph. 51, provides for adjusting equities between families and purchasers in certain cases. Whether that act is or is not applicable to the present litigation, was not made a question in the court below, nor in this court. The jury were misdirected, and for that reason, (the verdict being in favor of the complainant,) a new trial is ordered.
Judgment reversed.