Blakeley's Admx v. Hughes

Opinion op the Court by

Judge O’Rear

Reversing.

In a suit to settle the estate of an insolvent decedent, a decree was entered to sell the land which he owned at his death. The body of. land contained forty-one and one-half acres, situated near the city of Bowling Green. The commissioner was directed by the judgment to have *175the land surveyed and platted into parcels, and to exposé it for .sale in lots and as an entirety, accepting the hid producing the best price. He was directed to advertise and sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder.

The commissioner caused the land to be surveyed…