Case Name: Hartley v. Smith et al., receivers
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1921-01-27
Citations: 26 Ga. App. 212
Docket Number: 11241
Parties: Hartley v. Smith et al., receivers.
Judges: Broyles, G. J., anid Bloodworth, J., concur. Luke, J., dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 212–215

Head Matter:
11241.
Hartley v. Smith et al., receivers.
Decided January 27, 1921.
(Certiorari was granted by the Supreme Court.)
Complaint; from city court of Louisville — -Judge Barwick. December 10, 1919.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
I. Where a man dies leaving, as a part of his estate, hank stools not fully paid for, and the stools is set aside to his widow and her minor children as a year's support, " after all the just debts are paid," and, upon presentation to the bank of a certified copy of the year's support proceedings, the bank issues to the widow alone a certificate which shows " 60 % paid in and assessable, " the receivers of the bank can obtain a legal general judgment against the widow for the amount of the balance due of the purchase-money for the stock. It was not error to direct a verdict in the plaintiff's favor for the balance due upon the certificates of stock, and in thereafter overruling the motion- for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, G. J., anid Bloodworth, J., concur. Luke, J., dissents.
Evans & Evans, for plaintiff in error.
B. G. Price, J. B. Phillips, contra.