Bean v. Kirkpatrick
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Candler. DeKalb . county. December 30, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
1. It is the right and duty of an administrator who is conducting a public sale of property belonging to the estate of his intestate to withdraw the same from sale when it is manifest that the property is about to be sacrificed at a grossly inadequate price.
2. When land appraised at $2,000 was exposed to sale by an administrator and the highest bid therefor was only $151, this court will not interfere with the discretion of the trial judge in refusing to enjoin the administrator from again advertising and offering the property for sale, it appearing from the record that at the interlocutory…
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