Edwards v. Sands
Supreme Court of Georgia
Claim. Before Judge Sheppard. Evans superior court. May 3, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
1. An order granted by the ordinary to an administrator to sell land of Ms intestate’s estate is a condition precedent to a valid sale.
2. Such order must specify “therein the land as definitely as possible.” Civil Code (1910), § 4026; 18 Cyc. 749.
3. Where, upon the trial of a claim to land advertised for sale by administrators, they introduced in evidence, as their authority to sell, an order granted by the ordinary of Tattnall County, wherein the only description of the land was: “ 50 acres, more or less, of the lands of the deceased, situate, lying, and being in the 401st district G-. M. of…
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