Inman, Swann & Co. v. Foster
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Trusts. Title. Notice.- Administrators and Executors. Before Judge LAWSON. Greene Superior Court. March Term, 1882. This case was before the Supreme Court on a former occasion, and will be found fully reported in 65 Ga., page 82. To the report there contained it is necessary to add only a brief statement, to’ elucidate the new issues made on the present trial; Complainants, who were the wife and children of John T. Willis, filed their bill originally against L. B.…
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Equity. Trusts. Title. Notice.- Administrators and Executors. Before Judge LAWSON. Greene Superior Court. March Term, 1882. This case was before the Supreme Court on a former occasion, and will be found fully reported in 65 Ga., page 82. To the report there contained it is necessary to add only a brief statement, to’ elucidate the new issues made on the present trial; Complainants, who were the wife and children of John T. Willis, filed their bill originally against L. B. Willis and J. H. Willis, alleging, in brief, as follows: R. J. Willis died testate in October, 1866, leaving a plantation,…
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
Many of the questions made in this record have been considered and adjudicated by this court when this cause was here before, and found reported in the case of Willis et alii vs. Foster, trustee, 65 Ga., 82. The case being between the same parties, the questions then decided are 11 res adjudicata" and are not subject to review by this court.
The bill was filed for account and settlement, and to vacate a sale made by executors who were the purchasers at their own sale. By an amendment the complainants proposed to recover their proportion of the proceeds of said sale at a price…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Willis v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
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- Inman, Swann & Co. v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883