Russell v. Mohr-Weil Lumber Co.

Lumpkin, P. J. As a result of complicated litigation between the Mohr-Weil Lumber Company and A. B. & M. B. Russell, the latter obtained against the former a judgment for a considerable sum. This judgment was set aside by this court at the October term, 1899. See 109 Ga. 579. While the case was pending here, the Russells caused an execution issued upon the judgment mentioned to he levied upon certain property. The same was sold, and they became the purchasers. After the judgment of this court [754] was certified to the trial court, the lumber company filed a petition to set this sale aside, and on the hearing thereof an order setting the sale aside was granted. To this the Russells excepted, and the sole question presented by their bill of exceptions is whether or not this order was properly granted. When the original judgment against the lumber company was rendered and it brought the case here, it did not sue out a supersedeas, and the plaintiffs in error insist that for this reason the sale should stand. We have little difficulty in reaching the conclusion that the trial judge rightly held to the contrary. By failing to sue out a supersedeas, the lumber company merely lost its right to have the judgment suspended while under review by the Supreme Court. If the plaintiffs in that judgment chose to press the same, they did so at their own risk. In other words, they took the chances of obtaining from this court an affirmance of their judgment. As it was reversed, set aside and rendered entirely nugatory, it follows as an inevitable consequence that the sale to themselves had thereunder must fall to the ground. Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concurring.