Coastal Public Service Co. v. Mordecai

The right to bring an action for the benefit of an estate vests exclusively in the legal representative of the estate if there be one, subject to the modification' that in cases of fraud or collusion on the part of the representative, the heirs, legatees or devisees may file a bill in equity for the protection of their rights. Kinard v. George, 142 Ga. 111 (82 S. E. 560); Purvis v. Askew, 148 Ga. 79 (95 S. E. 964); Edwards v. Kilpatrick, 70 Ga. 328; Anderson v. Goodwin, 125 Ga. 663 (54 S. E. 679). When an administrator or an executor sues for damages because of an alleged trespass upon lands…