Stephens v. James
Supreme Court of Georgia
Administrators and Executors. Equity. ' Debtor and Creditor. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
In all cases where legal difficulties arise as to the distribution of assets in payment of debts, or where from any circumstances the ordinary process of law would interfere with the due administration, without fault on the part of the representative of the estate, a bill to marshal the assets will be maintained at his instance. Code, §3148. The complainant in this case applies for the direction of the *141court, both because of difficulties which have arisen in the distribution of assets in the payment of debts, and because a resort to the ordinary process of law would interfere…
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