Seabrook v. Brady
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Executors and administrators. Distribution. Purchaser. Pleading. Husband and wife. Before Judge Str.ozieb. Dougherty Superior Court.
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Equity. Executors and administrators. Distribution. Purchaser. Pleading. Husband and wife. Before Judge Str.ozieb. Dougherty Superior Court. June Term, 1871. This case, with the following statement, is fully reported in the opinions: The bill charges that, some time in the year 1857, the lands in controversy were levied on under executions against "William M. Brady, as administrator of Burton T. Dennard, and George O. Dawson, for the purpose of casting a cloud over the title and preventing persons from bidding, interposed a claim to said property, which he withdrew as soon as the issues thus…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a bill filed by the complainant as administrator de bonis non of Burton T. Dennard, deceased, against the defendants, to set aside a sheriff’s sale of certain described lands, on the alleged ground of fraud, and to recover the possession thereof, for the purpose of administering the same for the benefit of the creditors of his intestate. On the trial of the case, the jury, under the charge of the Court, found a verdict for the defendants. A motion was made for a new trial, on the several grounds set forth therein, which was granted by the Court, and the…
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