Head v. Scruggs

1. “A purchase by a husband at a sale had by his wife as administratrix is voidable at the election of heirs of the intestate, who move within a reasonable time after the sale to set the same aside.” Lowery v. Idleson, 117 Ga. 778 (2) (45 S. E. 51); Broadhurst v. Hill, 137 Ga. 833 (3) (74 S. E. 422); DeVaughn v. Griffith, 149 Ga. 697 (101 S. E. 794). Moore v. Carey, 116 Ga. 28 (42 S. E. 258).- This accords with the principle that “an administrator who is an heir at law of his intestate, and as such has an interest in the property sold, may purphase at the sale of the property of the estate,…