Seeland v. Denton Realty Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge-Highsmith. Jeff Davis superior court. February 26, 1918. The plaintiffs were beirs at law of J. H. Thompson, who died on February 5, 1898, in Coffee county, Georgia, and at the time of his death owned and was possessed of all of lot of land No. 202 in the first district of Coffee county, besides other lands.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge-Highsmith. Jeff Davis superior court. February 26, 1918. The plaintiffs were beirs at law of J. H. Thompson, who died on February 5, 1898, in Coffee county, Georgia, and at the time of his death owned and was possessed of all of lot of land No. 202 in the first district of Coffee county, besides other lands. He left as his sole surviving heirs his widow, Mrs. Yictoria E. Thompson, and three minor children, namely, Nora Thompson (now Seeland), Charles T. and Oscar H. Thompson, the three last named being the plaintiffs. At the August term, 1898, of the court of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The contentions made by the parties raise the question of whether it was competent for the court of ordinary to allow the amendment to the original return of the appraisers, and whether or not the minor children of J. H. Thompson, for whose benefit the year’s support had been set apart in the first instance, were bound by the judgment of the court allowing the amendment.
We do not think the return of the appraisers which was made the judgment of the court of ordinary, so far as it relates to this land, entirely void. The return of the appraisers, in part,…
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