Corbitt v. Dawkins

The bill is filed by the appellant as administrator of Joseph Lawrence, and avers that as such *283administrator, under a decree of the ■ court of probate, he made sale of certain lands, described in the bill, on a credit of twelve months, the purchaser being required to give bond, with two approved sureties, for the payment of the purchase money. At such sale the appellee, Dawkins, became the purchaser- — executed bond for the payment of the purchase money, with his co-appellees, Levin Culver and George D. Searcy, as sureties. The sale was duly reported to, and confirmed by the court of probate,…