Sanford v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Monroe Superior Court. Demurrer. Decided by Judge Stark, March Term, 1855. David S. Walker, a citizen and resident of Alabama, departed this life insolvent. He owed no debts in Georgia at the time of his death, nor had he ever resided here so that suits might have been brought against him.
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In Equity, in Monroe Superior Court. Demurrer. Decided by Judge Stark, March Term, 1855. David S. Walker, a citizen and resident of Alabama, departed this life insolvent. He owed no debts in Georgia at the time of his death, nor had he ever resided here so that suits might have been brought against him. He was largely-indebted in Alabama, in judgments recovered against him-, there, which were, at the time of his death, good and subsisting judgments against him, unaffected by the Statute of Limitations ; and that they are now good and valid there against 'Ms estate — not affected by the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
The prayer of the bill in this case is, that the complainant, the administrator of David S. Walker, may be instructed “in .his duty in administering the estate of the said David S. Walker, in all the matters” stated in the bill.
Those matters are, that the said Walker died a resident of .Alabama; that he left unsatisfied several judgments which had been rendered against him by Courts of Alabama; that the plaintiffs in those judgments, who were also resident of Alabama, had sued the complainant as the administrator of Walker on the judgments; that…
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