Johnson v. Brady
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, from Sumter county. Decided by Judge Lamar, December, 1857. Wright Brady filed his bill for an injunction under the following circumstances : William M. Brady, the brother of the plaintiff, died in January, 1857, intestate, leaving Julia A. Brady, his widow, and four children; and being very much indebted, at the time of his death, though in possession of considerable property.
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In Equity, from Sumter county. Decided by Judge Lamar, December, 1857. Wright Brady filed his bill for an injunction under the following circumstances : William M. Brady, the brother of the plaintiff, died in January, 1857, intestate, leaving Julia A. Brady, his widow, and four children; and being very much indebted, at the time of his death, though in possession of considerable property. The plaintiff, at the request of the widow, took out temporary letters of administration on his estate. At the time of his death, William M. Brady was administrator of the estate of Burton T. Dennard, his…
1Opinion of the Court
McDonald J.,
By the Court. delivering the opinion.
On the death of William M. Brady, his wife, Julia A. Brady, became entitled to administration on his estate, and at her request, Wright Brady, the complainant, applied for and obtained temporary letters of administration thereon.
Upon obtaining them he filed a bill in chancery, enjoining the execution creditors of his intestate’s estate from the collection of their debts, which bill is brought up in the record before us. The bill was demurred to, and the presiding Judge in the Court below overruled the demurrer, and an exception to his judgment…
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