Succession of Foulkes

The mover-in this rule* represents, as tutor, certain minors, who are creditors, with general mortgage, for a large amount of the estate of George Foulkes. At a probate sale of the property belonging to said estate, the mover in the rule bid off certain immovable property in the name of his wards, and it is now objected that he was not authorized by the Judge, on the advice of a family meeting, to make said purchase. In the case of Davis v. Leaumont, 5 Rob. 286, it was held sufficient in law that the family meeting ratified the purchase after it was made. Again, in McCarty v. Steam Cotton…