Case Name: PARSONS v. SMITH
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1903-11-16
Citations: 119 Ga. 42
Docket Number: 
Parties: PARSONS v. SMITH.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 42–42

Head Matter:
PARSONS v. SMITH.
1. The plaintiff made out a prima facie case by proof that the property claimed was in possession of the defendant in fi. fa. after the judgment.
2. A verdict finding the property subject was sustained where there was evidence that the bill of sale to the claimant was made about the time of bringing the action in which the judgment was rendered, that the consideration was for services rendered the father by a son during his minority, and that the sale was not intended to be absolute.
Submitted October 31,
Decided November 16, 1903.
Levy and claim. Before Judge Russell. Gwinnett superior court. March 3, 1903.
R. W. Peeples, for plaintiff in error.
, N. L. Hutchins Jr., contra.

Opinion:
Lamar, J.
This is a claim case in which the plaintiff in'fi. fa. successfully carried the burden by proof that the property levied on had been in the possession of the defendant since the date of the judgment. Knowles v. Jordan, 61 Ga. 300. The claimant introduced a bill of sale older than the judgment; but there was evidence that the plaintiff began to press the defendant for payment of his debt, that the latter thereupon made a bill of sale to the claimant, who is his son, the consideration being services by the son while he was a minor, and that the latter had admitted that the arrangement under which the property was conveyed was binding or not as he saw fit. While the evidence was conflicting, there was sufficient to warrant a verdict finding the property subject. Civil Code, §2502, 2695.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.