Anderson v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. May 10, 1905. Anderson filed his equitable petition against John B. Goodwin, Henderson Hallman, E. C. Kontz, and J. W. Austin, alleging as follows: Plaintiff is a son and heir at law of James A. Anderson, who died intestate. Jennie J. Anderson and Paul W. Anderson were appointed administrators, and qualified as such.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. May 10, 1905. Anderson filed his equitable petition against John B. Goodwin, Henderson Hallman, E. C. Kontz, and J. W. Austin, alleging as follows: Plaintiff is a son and heir at law of James A. Anderson, who died intestate. Jennie J. Anderson and Paul W. Anderson were appointed administrators, and qualified as such. At the time of his death he was a member of the firm of Goodwin, Anderson & Hallman, two of the defendants being the other members. He and the defendants were owners in common of certain real estate described, he…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the facts.) Laying aside mere general allegations of fraud and illegality, and the adjectives used in'making them, the substantial grounds on which the plaintiff rests his case are, that an interest in real estate left by his deceased father was sold at a private sale, instead of at public sale by the administrators; that the administrators and heirs executed quitclaim deeds to the purchasers; that the former law partners of the decedent executed to the purchasers a conveyance,-as surviving partners and attorneys in fact of the decedent; that the consideration of the sale was…
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