Case Name: Lathrop et al. v. Pate et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1911-03-04
Citations: 136 Ga. 36
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lathrop et al. v. Pate et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 36–36

Head Matter:
Lathrop et al. v. Pate et al.
March 4, 1911.
Complaint for land. Before Judge Felton. Houston superior court. January 26, 1910.
W. L. & Warren Grice and Hall & Hall, for plaintiffs.
Miller & Jones, for defendants.

Opinion:
Beck, J.
1. Where, in bankruptcy proceedings instituted under the bankrupt act of 1867, certain lands were designated as exempt and set apart to the bankrupt in 1875, the district court of the United States as a court of bankruptcy was without jurisdiction to deal further with such property or to pass an order authorizing the sale of the "reversionary" right of the bankrupt; and an order authorizing such sale was void because of the lack of jurisdiction in the court to pass the same. In re Bass, 3 Woods, 382; Lockwood v. Exchange Bank, 190 U. S. 294.
2. In the present case the plaintiffs' right to recover was dependent upon the validity of the order referred to above and held to be invalid; consequently the court below properly sustained a general demurrer to the plaintiffs' petition.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.