Conyers v. Gray
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attorney and Client. Administrators and Executors. Ne exeat. Equity. Before Judge Fain. Bartow County. At Chambers. August 6th, 1881. Conyers, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Felton, filed his bill praying for a ne exeat against Gray.
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Attorney and Client. Administrators and Executors. Ne exeat. Equity. Before Judge Fain. Bartow County. At Chambers. August 6th, 1881. Conyers, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Felton, filed his bill praying for a ne exeat against Gray. The bill alleged, in brief, that Gray had been the attorney of complainant’s predecessor in office, and as such had collected between $3,000.00 and $4,000.00 on certain notes; that he claimed some $600.00 fees as due to himself and associate, counsel, which the complainant denies that he is entitled 10 ; that a rule is pending against the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Chief Justice.
The administrator de bonis non applied for the writ of ne exeat against an attorney at law of the former administr tor, who had the funds of the estate in hand, which lie had collected for that administrator. The attorney was also one of the sureties of the former administrator, and having been ruled by the administrator de bonis non for the money, answered that he had offered to pay it if his fees and those of associate counsel employed by the former administrator were allowed, and that he no longer *331held the money as an attorney, but to save himself harmless as surety…
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