Legal Opinion

Harden v. Sutton

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 17, 1915PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Complaint for land. Before Judge Rawlings. Toombs superior court. May 26, 1914.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

1. The order of the ordinary granting the administrator'leave to sell the land of his intestate is the same which was construed by this court in Davis v. Harden, 143 Ga. 98 (84 S. E. 426), and, as there ruled, such order was admissible in evidence, in a collateral proceeding, over the objection that it did not sufficiently describe the land ordered to be sold.

2. The deed excluded by the court on the ground of insufficiency of description is the same as that construed by this court in Davis v. Harden, supra, and it was there held that the “descriptive averments of the deed, especially those…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Crawford v. VernerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Luttrell v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. Davis v. HardenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bennett v. RewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  2. McCrea v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939

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