Wayne v. Myddleton
Supreme Court of Georgia
This was a bill for a specific performance, instituted by the plaintiffs in error, against the defendant in error, in Chatham Superior Court, and tried before Judge Fleming. May Term, 1847. "William Pelot conveyed by deed certain slaves to Levi S. D’Lyon, Esq. in trust, for the sole and separate use of his wife Elvina R. Pelot, during her life, and after her death to her children.
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This was a bill for a specific performance, instituted by the plaintiffs in error, against the defendant in error, in Chatham Superior Court, and tried before Judge Fleming. May Term, 1847. "William Pelot conveyed by deed certain slaves to Levi S. D’Lyon, Esq. in trust, for the sole and separate use of his wife Elvina R. Pelot, during her life, and after her death to her children. There are several children in life; and the deed authorized the cestui gue trust, Mrs.* Pelot, by and with the advice and consent of her trustee, to sell and dispose of the trust estate whenever she shall deem it…
1Opinion of the Court
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Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
"William Pelot conveyed by deed certain slaves to Levi S. D’Lyon, Esq. in trust, for tho sole and separate use of his wife Elvina R. Pelot, during her life, and after her death to her children. There are several children in life; and the deed authorized the ' cestui que trust, Mrs. Pelot, by and with the advice and consent of her trustee, to sell and dispose of the trust estate whenever she should deem it proper to do so, and to re-invest the proceeds, &e. upon like trusts. Mrs. Pelot, being desirous of purchasing a small farm near Savannah,…
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