Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Bell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 26, 2005No. A05A1380PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
This appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a probate court’s order allowing the sale of certain estate property. We find that there is sufficient evidence supporting the order.
James Dalton II was appointed as temporary administrator of the estate of Palmer R. Bell. Dalton petitioned the probate court for leave to sell 3.2 acres of the land in Clayton County at a private sale in order to provide liquidity to the estate and to limit the estate’s future liability in maintaining the property. In the petition, Dalton averred that he desired a private…
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