Merritt v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Worrill. Randolph superior court. July 15, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Fish, O. J.
1. The sale of realty by an administrator at public sale, who is duly authorized to sell by an order of the court of ordinary, to an innocent purchaser, divests the title of the heirs at law of the intestate, although there may be irregularities in the sale. Civil Code (1895), § 3463; lb. (1910)' § 4039.
2. Where the application by an administrator, for an order to sell lands for the purpose of paying the debts and making distribution among the heirs of the intestate, set forth that the intestate “owned at the time of her death two tracts of land, one lying in Worth county known as…
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