Sharp v. Findley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Practice in Superior Court. Jurisdiction. Wills. Minors. Parties. Estoppel. Guardian.' Title. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Willis. Monroe Superior Court.
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Equity. Practice in Superior Court. Jurisdiction. Wills. Minors. Parties. Estoppel. Guardian.' Title. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Willis. Monroe Superior Court. February Term, 1883. This was a bill originally filed by John C. Goodwyn, Amanda P. Talmadge, for herself and as next friend of Tullía P. Goodwyn (afterwards Findley) and Puss C. Goodwyn (afterwards Freeman), against Bernier Pye, administrator de bonis non of Coleman G. Goodwyn, and numerous parties bolding real estate under the administrator’s sale hereafter stated. Numerous amendments were made to this bill and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
1. The controlling question in this case is whether the judge of the superior court, as chancellor, has power or jurisdiction, on the petition of the executor of a will, in which legatees are parties and the minor legatees represented by the said executor as guardian ad litem, to order the sale of the real estate of such infants, at chambers. In this case, the order was passed in term, but there was no regular bill in equity filed and served acccording to law,-though a jury passed on the necessity and propriety of the sale. So that the case may be considered as one at…
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