Legal Opinion

Allen v. Morgan

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 15, 1878PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Estoppel. Administrators and executors. Witness. Before Judge Crisp. Sumter Superior Court. April Adjourned Term, 1878. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Justice.

The facts made by the bill, and fully supported by the evidence, make the case of the sale by a former administrator, named Boone, of the remainder of a dower estate in the widow of an intestate, and the purchase thereof by tbe widow, and her sale of the entire estate to the father of complainants, two gentlemen named Morgan, for them, and deed made to them of tlie fee by tbe widow, and their possession of tbe land under tbe deed ; and tbe fact that before the purchase tbe administrator was consulted as to tbe title in the fee of the widow, that he pronounced it good, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Odom v. GillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. McLendon v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928

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