Lowe v. Guice
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Barbour Chancery Court. Heard before John M. McKleroy, Esquire, acting as Special Chancellor. The bill in this cause was filed on the 10th day of February, 1882, by James, Rhoda J. and Mary E. Lowe, the only children and heirs'at law of John Lowe, deceased, the appellants, against the appellee, for the' purpose of vacating and setting aside a sale of lands made by the administrator of their father’s estate under the decree of the Court of Probate of Barbour…
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Appeal from Barbour Chancery Court. Heard before John M. McKleroy, Esquire, acting as Special Chancellor. The bill in this cause was filed on the 10th day of February, 1882, by James, Rhoda J. and Mary E. Lowe, the only children and heirs'at law of John Lowe, deceased, the appellants, against the appellee, for the' purpose of vacating and setting aside a sale of lands made by the administrator of their father’s estate under the decree of the Court of Probate of Barbour county, on the ground that the price bid and paid for the lands was grossly inadequate. The bill shows that James Lowe became…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKELL, O. J.
The purpose of the bill is the vacation of a sale of 'lands, made under an order of the court of probate, reported to, and confirmed by the court, and the purchaser let into possession more than thirteen years before the bill was filed. 'The jurisdiction of the court to order the sale, and to decree its •confirmation, is apparent, and is not assailed. Fraud is not imputed to the administrator, or to the purchaser, in making the •sale, in the report thereof to the court of probate, or in obtaining the decree of confirmation. The whole gravamen of the complaint is, that ■ the…
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