Case Name: Burkhalter v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1930-02-26
Citations: 170 Ga. 237
Docket Number: No. 7273
Parties: Burkhalter v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company.
Judges: Russell, C. J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 237–237

Head Matter:
Burkhalter v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company.
No. 7273.
February 26, 1930.
W. T. Burkhalter, for plaintiff in error. J. T. -Grice, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case involves a distribution of money arising from the sale of property under a senior judgment and execution. The holder of a junior judgment and execution claims the fund upon the ground that the judgment in the older case is void, because at the time of its rendition the defendant therein was insane and confined in the State Sanitarium. Held, that this is not an equity case within the meaning of the constitution declaring the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Ga. L. 1916, p. 19; Berrie v. Smith, 97 Ga. 782 (25 S. E. 757) ; Elmore v. Southern Bank & Trust Co., 150 Ga. 811 (105 S. E. 474) ; Hosch v. Smith, 154 Ga. 789 (115 S. E. 646). Accordingly, the ease will he Transferred to the Court of Appeals.
Russell, C. J., absent.