Robertson v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Georgia
In equity, from Chatham Superior Superior Court. Decision on demurrer by Judge Fleming, at chambers, August 4th, 1857. This case was heard upon a transcript of the record, and the following bill of exceptions, which contains all the facts necessary to a full understanding of the decision of this Court. Georgia, Chatham County.
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In equity, from Chatham Superior Superior Court. Decision on demurrer by Judge Fleming, at chambers, August 4th, 1857. This case was heard upon a transcript of the record, and the following bill of exceptions, which contains all the facts necessary to a full understanding of the decision of this Court. Georgia, Chatham County. Alexander Robertson, et al.~\ In Equity, from Chatham SucomplainailtSj and perior Court, May Term, George H. Johnston, et al. j 1857. defendants. j Be it remembered that at the May Term of Chatham Superior Court, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-seven,…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
By the Court. delivering the opinion.
Seldom has the same amount of legallearning and ability been exhibited in this Court, as in the argument of the case' *107at bar, and yet after all, it must be confessed, that the decision must depend mainly, if not entirely, upon the meaning of a single word, in the 5th item of the testator’s will.
The following are the two items of the will of James Robertson, nephew of the great historian, under which the questions arise, made by the hill and demurrer.
“Fourthly: After the foregoing dispositions, I give and bequeath my whole estate, real and personal of what…
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