Willingham v. Rushing
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Boss. City court of Macon. September term, ,1897.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Mrs. Rushing, for herself as next friend of certain of her children, brought suit against C. B. Willingham, alleging in the petition, that the plaintiffs were heirs at law of Jas. B. Bushing, deceased; that at the time of his death the defendant was in possession of nine bales of cotton belonging to the deceased, the proceeds of which the defendant, a few days after, sold and converted to his own use; that the deceased died intestate and there was no administration on his estate; and that the defendant, by his wrongful conversion of the money, became' an executor de son tort as to the cotton,…
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