Sanders v. Sorrell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Claiborne County. Hon. Warren Cowan, Chancellor, presiding by interchange with Hon. Lauch McLaurin, who was of counsel in the case. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. 1. Was the adminstrator’s sale valid? The presumptions of law are in favor of its validity. The probate record of the administration is perfectly regular.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Claiborne County. Hon. Warren Cowan, Chancellor, presiding by interchange with Hon. Lauch McLaurin, who was of counsel in the case. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. 1. Was the adminstrator’s sale valid? The presumptions of law are in favor of its validity. The probate record of the administration is perfectly regular. It shows that the administrator's sale was legally ordered, conducted, concluded and confirmed; that’the purchase money was paid, and afterwards expended under the directions of the court, and that these orders and the entire…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
This is a suit by the heirs at law of Green Sorrells to cancel certain conveyances by which the land of their father has been vested in the appellant. Green Sorrells died some time prior to *290the year 1866, and in that year administration upon his estate was granted by the proper court to one A. D. Jones as a creditor, the widow having declined to take administration. The administrator petitioned for and obtained an order for the sale of the lands of his intestate for the payment of debts, and in due time reported that a sale thereof had been made to one Tanksley at a price named; this report…
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