Ridgeway v. Ridgeway
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Administrators. Sales. Deeds. Fraud. Title. Before Judge Hutchins. Oconee superior court. January term, 1889. The heirs at law of Nelson Ridgeway, with the exception of John N. Ridgeway, by their petition to the superior court, made tbe following allegations : In 1855, Nelson Ridgeway, of Clarke county, died intestate, seized of' a tract of land containing 300 acres, more or less, lying in then Clarke now Oconee county, the place where John N. Ridgeway now lives.
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Equity. Administrators. Sales. Deeds. Fraud. Title. Before Judge Hutchins. Oconee superior court. January term, 1889. The heirs at law of Nelson Ridgeway, with the exception of John N. Ridgeway, by their petition to the superior court, made tbe following allegations : In 1855, Nelson Ridgeway, of Clarke county, died intestate, seized of' a tract of land containing 300 acres, more or less, lying in then Clarke now Oconee county, the place where John N. Ridgeway now lives. By consent of all the heirs of deceased after his death, they then all being of full age and sui juris, which consent was…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The facts are minutely set forth in the official report. There were two administrators, and they had joined in procuring an order for a sale. One of them caused the land to be sold in the presence of the other. It was bid off' by a third person (Ware) for about half its value. He was immediately offered by the selling administrator fifty dollars for his bid, and at once agreed to take it. When this bargain was made, Ware had not acquired title to this land; it still belonged to the estate. He had neither paid for it, nor taken a conveyance. The transaction, therefore,…
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