Sanders v. Slaughter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction and receiver. Administration. Judgment. Before Judge Miller. Butts 'county. At chambers, November 30, 1891. Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Heath and T. J. Sanders filed their equitable petition against Slaughter as administrator of Troy S. Sanders, deceased, praying for injunction and receiver for the estate of Troy Sanders, for the removal of Slaughter, the increase of his bond as administrator, etc.
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Injunction and receiver. Administration. Judgment. Before Judge Miller. Butts 'county. At chambers, November 30, 1891. Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Heath and T. J. Sanders filed their equitable petition against Slaughter as administrator of Troy S. Sanders, deceased, praying for injunction and receiver for the estate of Troy Sanders, for the removal of Slaughter, the increase of his bond as administrator, etc. To the refusal of this prayer the plaintiffs excepted, assigning numerous grounds of error. The petition alleged: Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Heath are the children of T. J. Sanders and sisters of Troy…
1Opinion of the Court
*35 Judgment affirmed.
Defendant demurred to so much of the petition as related to settlement and distribution of the estate, upon the ground that as appeared from the petition he was appointed in 1891, and had had only- months to ascertain the condition of the estate and collect assets belonging to it, while under the law he has twelve months to ascertain its condition and prepare for distribution, and could not be sued for settlement until after the expiration of that period. He answered: It is not true that he induced Elder and Heath, who represented their wives, to consent that he might…
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