Legal Opinion

Wylly v. Gazan

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 6, 1883PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Administrators and Executors. Evidence. Charge of Court. Vendor and Purchaser. Fraud. Contracts. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1882. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

The plaintiffs in error, as executors of John M. Cooper, obtained from the court of ordinary of Chatham county an order to sell, as his property, for the purpose of paying the debts, etc., the eastern half of lot No. (8) eight, in Vernon Tything and Heathcote ward, in the city of Savannah, with the improvements and buildings thereon. This order empowered them to employ an auctioneer to conduct the sale, and required them to make return of the same to the court, specifying in their return the property sold, to whom sold, and the terms of the sale.

Acting under this order, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  2. Causey v. Wiley, Banks & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1859
  3. Dulin v. Caldwell & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1859
  4. Beall v. BerkhalterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
  5. Walton v. RamseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1874

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Kendall v. WellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Central Railroad v. DeBraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  3. Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad v. GallowayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  4. Mickle v. MooreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  5. Ellison v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958

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