Sims v. Sims
Supreme Court of Georgia
Distribution of estates. Advancements. Decided by Judge William M. Reese. Oglethorpe Superior Court. October Term, 1887. The bill of George R. Sims and Charles W. Sims against the persons herein named, filed in September, 1861, made the following case: John Sims, of said county, died on the -day of-, intestate, and complainants became his administrators, and, as such, took possession of his estate.
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Distribution of estates. Advancements. Decided by Judge William M. Reese. Oglethorpe Superior Court. October Term, 1887. The bill of George R. Sims and Charles W. Sims against the persons herein named, filed in September, 1861, made the following case: John Sims, of said county, died on the -day of-, intestate, and complainants became his administrators, and, as such, took possession of his estate. His heirs and next of kin are Martha Sims, his widow, Isham J. Sims, William G. Sims, Salina Arnold, daughter of intestate and wife of George W. Arnold, three minor children of John M. Sims,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCay, J.
1. Our Code, séctions 2538 to 2542, settles, with precision, that a child, who has received advancements, shall account for them if he proposes to come in as a distributee, and that advancements shall be estimated at their value at the time they were received, unless there was a value fixed at the time, by agreement. The fact that an advancement has become valueless, by destruction, or death, or emancipation, since it was received, or that it has, by growth, or by appreciation, become more valuable, has nothing to do with it. Indeed, it would seem to be the express intent of the statute to…
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