Crosby v. DeGraffenreid
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Dougherty Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Perkins, November Term, 1855. Joshua P. Crosby, as the administrator of Bartlett C. Green, filed his bill against John C. DeGraffenreid, alleging-that his intestate being sued upon a debt, whose justice he denied, turned over to defendant eight promissory notes, amounting to $1929T6TJ°-iJ, and took his receipt for them for collecting, without specifying the makers’ names or the amounts; that he, at the…
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In Equity, in Dougherty Superior Court. Decision on demurrer, by Judge Perkins, November Term, 1855. Joshua P. Crosby, as the administrator of Bartlett C. Green, filed his bill against John C. DeGraffenreid, alleging-that his intestate being sued upon a debt, whose justice he denied, turned over to defendant eight promissory notes, amounting to $1929T6TJ°-iJ, and took his receipt for them for collecting, without specifying the makers’ names or the amounts; that he, at the same time, delivered to defendant $316 in cash, and took his note therefor ; that this whole arrangement was made to…
1Opinion of the Court
*291 By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] Was the administrator, Green, entitled to have from DeGraffenreid an account of the notes and money conveyed to ■the latter by the intestate of the former ?
The notes and money had been delivered to DeGraffenreid by the intestate, before his death. It does not appear that they were ever in the possession of the administrator.
The transfer of the notes and money was good, not only against the intestate, who made the transfer, but also against his administrator. The Statute of the 13iA Elizabeth, makes ¡such a transfer void, as against…
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