McGavock v. McGavock

HeWITT, J..

The determinative question presented is whether or not the chancery court has power to ratify and confirm á sale of land and reinvestment of the proceeds, made by a life tenant and purporting to pass an estate in fee simple, when the life tenant did not have power by her deed to pass such an estate.

On a careful examination of the record and due consideration of the pertinent authorities this court is of the opinion that the chancer}*- court had plenary power, both inherent and statutory, to render the decree which has been rendered in this cause.

In 1911 Mrs. Susie Lee McGavock,…