Hardy and Co. v. . Turnage and Turnage

When Worthington died in September, 1928, and the defendant qualified as administrator in the following October, what was the status of the estate?

There were two farms in a high state of cultivation, containing 947 acres, apparently provided with a number of tenant houses and a number of tenants actually lived upon the land. There were eighteen mules and a variety of farming equipment. The administrator could not sell the property because a caveat had been filed to the will and C. S., 4161, spoke to him in the cold and rigid words of a public statute and said: “Suspend all further proceedings…