Dean v. Central Cotton Press Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Estates. Equity. Jurisdiction. Administrators and executors. Devise. Legacies. Title. Prescription. Before Judge Fleming. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1879. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
Dean, as executor of the will of Louise O’Byrne, brought suit to recover a city lot in Savannah against The Central Cotton Press Company. The title of Miss O’Byrne, the plaintiff’s testatrix, rested on the will of her grandfather, Lawrence O’Byrne. He died in 1836, and another executor having ceased to act, Porter took charge of the estate left by the will in 1838. In 1843 he applied by bill in equity to the superior court to sell a part of the real estate in order to pay a debt, and certain monied legacies, and by a decree in chancery, he was directed so to sell, and did…
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