Groover v. King
Supreme Court of Georgia
Order for sale of land from Court of Ordinary. Notice. Administrator’s sale. Recitals in deed. Estoppel. Before Judge Alexander. Brooks Superior Court.
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Order for sale of land from Court of Ordinary. Notice. Administrator’s sale. Recitals in deed. Estoppel. Before Judge Alexander. Brooks Superior Court. May Term, 1871. Nancy Groover, widow of Josiah Groover, deceased, Richard L. Harris and his wife Charlotte, formerly Charlotte Groover, and daughter of said Josiah Groover, deceased, James M. Rushin and Julia his wife, daughter of said Josiah, Axon J. Moody and Frances his wife, daughter of said Josiah, Agnes Groover, Solomon Groover, Moses Groover, Josiah Groover, Ellen Groover, and Jane Groover, minor children of said Josiah Groover,…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a bill filed by the complainants against the defendant to set aside a sale of certain described lands purchased by the defendant at an administrator’s sale on the 3d day of December, 1861. On the trial of the case the jury found a verdict for the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial on the several grounds specified in the record. The Court overruled the motion, and the complainants excepted. Whether the letters of administration of Kemp, offered in evidence, which were issued to him by the Ordinary upon the resignation of Rushin, could be collaterally…
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