Powell v. Adderholdt

230 Ga. 211 (1973)

196 S.E.2d 420

POWELL

v.

ADDERHOLDT et al.

27670.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Submitted January 8, 1973.

Decided February 15, 1973.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1973.

Whelchel, Dunlap & Gignilliat, Weymon H. Forrester, for appellant.

R. Wilson Smith, Jr., Reed & Dunn, Robert J. Reed, for appellees.

MOBLEY, Chief Justice.

J. D. Adderholdt, as executor of the will of William T. Campbell, brought an equitable petition for direction, alleging the claims of Albert E. Poole and Jude Poole that each had by oral contract bought a tract of land from the deceased, and seeking direction as to whether…