Fraize v. Walls

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

George C. Hawkins died in 1888 leaving a will, by which he devised all of his property, including 311 acres of land involved in this section, to appellee, Mary A. Walls, then Mary A. Hawkins. In an action filed by his administrator with the will annexed to settle his estate, this land was sold to pay his debts and title thereto has been acquired by appellants from vendees of the purchaser at the judicial sale.

Appellee filed this action to recover the land, alleging that the judgment, sale and conveyance in the old suit are void, and that she is the…