Hill v. Maffett
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Appeal, from Macon superior court — Judge Littlejohn. May 13, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
J. F. Norris died intestate, leaving as his sole heirs at law the defendants in error, all of full age and sui juris. His éstate owed no debts, and there was no administrator. Hill owed "the intestate a sum of money upon a rent note. The heirs at law joined in suing out a distress warrant for this rent. To a judgment in their favor Hill brings error.
The sole question in this case is whether the heirs at law of an intestate who died free from debt, leaving no minors or other persons *90not sui juris interested in his estate, may, in1 their own names and without the intervention of an…
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