Watson v. Watson

J. T. Watson sued S. B. Watson as executor of the estate of W. A. Watson, deceased, and Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, as surety on the executor’s bond, and alleged, that the executor sold at public outcry certain described land belonging to the estate of W. A. Watson; that at the sale the plaintiff bid $3750, which was the reasonable value of the property; that E. H. McCord raised the plaintiff’s bid, and the plaintiff raised McCord’s bid until McCord finally bid $5750, and the plaintiff raised this bid to $5800, at which bid the property was knocked off to him; that McCord did…