DeVaughn v. Griffith

1. The duty of an attorney at law of an administrator conducting a public sale of his intestate’s realty, to cause the property to be sold to the best advantage of the estate, conflicts with the attorney’s personal interest as a purchaser, and on grounds of public policy, if such attorney purchases the property for himself, the sale will bo voidable, and may be set aside in a court of equity upon motion of the heirs at law of the intestate, who do not ratify the sale, but move to set it aside within a reasonable time. See Civil Code, § 4022; Bond v. Watson, 22 Ga. 637; Reed v. Aubrey, 91 Ga.…