Legal Opinion
King v. King
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 20, 1969No. 24997PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frankum, Justice.
1. “An administrator or executor is a trustee invested with a solemn trust to manage the estate under his control to the best advantage of those interested in it; and if he undertakes to sell the property of the estate, it is his bounden duty to do everything in his power to make it bring as large a price as possible.” Lowery v. Idleson, 117 Ga. 778, 780 (45 SE 51). As such trustee he is bound to exercise the utmost good faith. While he is not absolutely prohibited by law from purchasing in his own name properties of his testator’s estate, sales made by him to himself, not…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Worthy v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850
- Lowery v. IdlesonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- English v. LittleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Bigelow v. TildenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Crawford v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Latimer v. MechlingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- Smith Companies of Greenville, Inc. v. HayesCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1993
- Powell v. ThorsenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Helgesson v. Estate of FrankCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1974
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