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Edition:	Veach v. Rice, their bill of complaint, July 12, 1881, in the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of Georgia, against Frank P Gray and his wife, Cora M, and also against said Gray, as administrator of the estate of Lewis Tumlin, deceased, and also as guardian of the said Cora M, Napoleon B Tumlin, George H Tumlin, Lula T Lyon, John S Leake, John W Gray, William T Wofford, A P Wofford, Edwin M Price, John G B Erwin, Henry C Erwin, Jame M Veach, Robert L Rogers, W I Benham, John J Howard, A W Mitchell, Mary L Spencer, Francis M Ford, Noah King, Thomas W Leake, Henry C Ramsauer, administrator, and others, all citizens of the state of Georgia, alleging that on the 2d day of June, 1875, one Lewis Tumlin, of the county of Bartow, Ga, died intestate, leaving as his heirs at law his wife, Mary L Tumlin, now Mary L Spencer; his sons, Napoleon B Tumlin and George H Tumlin; his daughters, the said Ada S Rice, formerly Ada S Tumlin, Lula T Lyon, formerly Lula T Tumlin, Cora M Gray, formerly Cora M Tumlin; and one Lewis T Erwin, the son of a deceased daughter, who has sold and conveyed his interest in said estate to John S Leake,-each of whom upon his death was entitled to one-seventh part of his estate, his wife having elected to take a child's part in lieu of dower; that the estate was of the aggregate value of about $300,000; that Frank P Gray and Napoleon B Tumlin obtained temporary letters of administration on said estate on the 11th day of June, 1875, giving bond in the sum of $200,000, with Abda Johnson, William T Wofford, John W Gray, James M Veach, and Edwin M Price as sureties; that on the 2d day of August, 1875, said Frank P Gray and one John A Erwin obtained permanent letters of administration on said estate, and gave bond as such in the sum of $600,000, with Abda Johnson, William T Wofford, John W Gray, James M Veach, Edwin M Price, Noah King, A C Trimble, Joel H Dyer, William W Rich, James C Wofford, Nelson Gilreath, J J Howard, Robert L Regers, William I Benham, John S Leake, A W Mitchell, J G B Erwin, Henry C Erwin, and Lewis R Ramsauer, intestate of Henry C Ramsauer, and one Thomas Stakley and one Thomas Tumlin, as sureties; that John A Erwin had since that time removed from the state of Georgia to the state of Tennessee, and the said Thomas Tumlin had removed to Alabama; that Stakley had died intestate, and no letters of administration had been granted on his estate until within less than 12 months before the filing of this bill; that said Abda Johnson died July 10, 1881, and his estate is now unrepresented and for these reasons said Erwin, Tumlin, Stakley, and Johnson are not made parties; that said Lewis R Ramsauer died intestate, and Henry C Ramsauer has qualified as his administrator, and as such is made a party, and 'that the joint administration of said Frank P Gray and John A Erwin continued from the 2d day of August, 1875, until the 2d day of May, 1876, when the said John A Erwin resigned, and his resignation was accepted by the court of ordinary of the county of Bartow' Complainants are informed and believe that Erwin resigned to avoid 'the consequences of said Gray's waste and mismanagement,' and thereupon 'said Gray became sole administrator, against the consent and at the protest of all the heirs except Cora M Gray and Mary L Spencer, and gave bond as sole administrator in the sum of $140,000, with the said Abda Johnson, William T Wofford, Edwin M Price, Noah King, William W Rich, John W Gray, Nelson Gilreath, James C Wofford, John S Leake, and Thomas W Leake, as sureties;' that on the 18th day of October, 1877, said William T Wofford, James C Wofford, and William W Rich applied to be relieved from their suretyship on the bond aforesaid on account of their want of confidence in the said Gray, and were so relieved, and said Gray gave a new bond as such administrator for the same sum, 'with the said Abda Johnson, Nelson Gilreath, Noah King, John S Leake, Thomas W Leake, Thomas Tumlin, John W Gray, Absalom P Wofford, and Francis M Ford as sureties;' 'that on the 6th day of May, 1878, said Noah King applied to be relieved on his bond last aforesaid, and was so relieved, and the said Frank P Gray gave another bond as administrator in the sum of $140,000, with the said Abda Johnson, Nelson Gilreath, John W Gray, Absalom P Wofford, John S Leake, Thomas W Leake, and Francis M Ford, as sureties;' and 'that since that time said Gray has continued to act as adi nistrator under the bond last aforesaid, and is still in possession of the effects of said estate not heretofore disposed of' .
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