Corker v. Jones

Malcolm D. Jones, of whom Francis A. Jones, the appellee, is executor, in Ms lifetime was executor of the last Avill of Drury-Corker, deceased, and testamentary guardian of the person and estate of the testator’s son, Ernest D. Corker, the appellant, one of the devisees, then a minor, who arrived at age since filing the present bill. While acting as such, on July 24th, 1863, Malcolm D. Jones, as guardian, purchased a tract of land known as the Gilstrop and Watson place, part of the estate of Drury Corker, from the trustees of Mrs. S. C. Hart, a daughter of the testator, to whom he had devised…