Hall v. Armor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Administrators and Executors. Claims. Title. Evidence. Before Judge LAWSON. Greene Superior Court. September Term, 1881. Hall, as administrator of the estate of Reuben B. Armor, was proceeding to sell the real estate of said intestate, when a claim to seven Jiundred and fifty acres of land was interposed by Geo. A. Armor and Vernon Armor, through Spivey, as their next friend.
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Administrators and Executors. Claims. Title. Evidence. Before Judge LAWSON. Greene Superior Court. September Term, 1881. Hall, as administrator of the estate of Reuben B. Armor, was proceeding to sell the real estate of said intestate, when a claim to seven Jiundred and fifty acres of land was interposed by Geo. A. Armor and Vernon Armor, through Spivey, as their next friend. The claimants relied upon a deed made by the intestate to them on April 20th, -1876, conveying the tract of land in controversy. Claimants were in possession of the land at the time of the attempted sale by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
1. The controlling question in this case is whether the administrator can sell realty if it be in the adverse possession of another, until he has reduced it to possession. He offered for sale a tract of land, it was claimed by the defendant in error, and the question at issue arose on this claim. The jury found for the claimants, and the denial of the motion by the administrator for a new trial is the judgment assigned for error on many grounds made in that motion. It is wholly immaterial whether the court erred in any or all the rulings on the admissibility of…
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