Boone v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity Practice. Parties. Bill of Exceptions. Before Judge Clark. Chambers. Sumter County. February, 1872. A. and W. Morgan, sons of Hardy Morgan, upon the averments stated in the bill, asked that Boone, as administrator of Jackson, be enjoined from selling said land as the property of Jackson, and that he be compelled to make a conveyance thereof to Mrs. Daniels, formerly widow of Jackson. A demurrer to the bill was overruled and the injunction was granted.
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Equity Practice. Parties. Bill of Exceptions. Before Judge Clark. Chambers. Sumter County. February, 1872. A. and W. Morgan, sons of Hardy Morgan, upon the averments stated in the bill, asked that Boone, as administrator of Jackson, be enjoined from selling said land as the property of Jackson, and that he be compelled to make a conveyance thereof to Mrs. Daniels, formerly widow of Jackson. A demurrer to the bill was overruled and the injunction was granted. This is assigned as error.
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomery, Judge.
This bill was filed by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error, alleging that plaintiff in error, as administrator, had sold the reversionary interest of the estate in the dower of intestate’s widow; that it had been bid in by the widow for §2,000 00; that the father of complainants desiring to purchase the property applied to the administrator to know *635if the widow’s title was good; that he said it was, as the widow had an interest in the estate of more than two thousand dollars; that the father, Hardy Morgan, then bought; that the administrator did not make…
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