Legal Opinion

Austin v. Raiford

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1881PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Administrators and Executors. Principal and Surety. Non-suit. Statute of Limitations. Before Judge WILLIS. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Speer, Justice.

This was a bill filed in Muscogee superior court, on October 4th, 1875, in which the complainants show that their father, A. B. Austin, died in Chattahoochee county, Ga., in the fall of i860, leaving a large estate consisting of negroes, lands, stock of various kinds, cotton, cash and debts due the estate. That on December 3d, i860, one John Bonnell became administrator, with W. W. Shipp his only security. That the negro property was divided among the heirs, and that on December 20th, i860, the perishable property sold for $2,959.50. That on first Tuesday in October, 1861, the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tison v. YawnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
  2. Giles v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  3. Jordan v. TicknorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  4. Douglass v. MurraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1879

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Anderson v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  2. Frost v. ArnaudSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
  3. Hopkins v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Barrett v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  5. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Toombs CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1939

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