Key v. Salley

Plaintiff, the sole heir of his father, William F. Key, deceased, in this suit seeks to have annulled and declared void, sales of the succession property by his mother, Mrs. Birdie Fomby Key, in her capacity as administratrix. The sales are attacked on two grounds, viz.:

1. That the administration was illegal and unnecessary because there were no debts due by the succession;

2. That the property was not appraised prior to offering same for sale by the administratrix.

This suit was filed some three years after date of the referred to sales.

The deceased owned at time of his death, two parcels of…