Shorter v. Hargroves
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Iverson. May Term, 1852. Sophia H. Shorter, the widow of Eli S. Shorter, and Reuben C. Shorter, John A. Urquhart and wife, and Virginia Shorter, by her guardian, H. S. Smith, filed a bill, as the distributees and heirs at law of Eli S. Shorter, charging that Eli S. Shorter died possessed of a large estate; that Sophia H. Shorter and James H. Shorter, were appointed and qualified as the administrators on…
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In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Iverson. May Term, 1852. Sophia H. Shorter, the widow of Eli S. Shorter, and Reuben C. Shorter, John A. Urquhart and wife, and Virginia Shorter, by her guardian, H. S. Smith, filed a bill, as the distributees and heirs at law of Eli S. Shorter, charging that Eli S. Shorter died possessed of a large estate; that Sophia H. Shorter and James H. Shorter, were appointed and qualified as the administrators on his estatethat James II. Shorter was the only acting administrator, and had the sole, exclusive, and entire administration…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
The complainants in this bill, are the heirs at law and legal distributees of the late Eli S. Shorter, deceased, who seek a decree for that portion of the estate of the decedent, which wrent into the hands of James H. Shorter, one of the administrators thereof; alleging fraud, mismanagement and waste, on the part of such administrator, who is now dead, and George Hargroves, who is his administrator, is made a party defendant.
Sophia H. Shorter, who is one of the distributees of said estate, and James H. Shorter, were the administrators on the…
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