Ham v. Preston
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Searcy. Butts superior court. February 34, 1931. J. H. Ham brought suit against Mrs. W. Walker Preston, alleging, in substance, that he is the sole heir at law of Mrs. Emma G. Ham, deceased; that all of her property descended to and became his property, there being no debts against said estate; that among the property owned by Mrs. Emma G. Ham was certain described property situated in Flovilla, Ga.; that sometime prior to the death of Mrs.…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Searcy. Butts superior court. February 34, 1931. J. H. Ham brought suit against Mrs. W. Walker Preston, alleging, in substance, that he is the sole heir at law of Mrs. Emma G. Ham, deceased; that all of her property descended to and became his property, there being no debts against said estate; that among the property owned by Mrs. Emma G. Ham was certain described property situated in Flovilla, Ga.; that sometime prior to the death of Mrs. Emma G. Ham she signed certain instruments purporting to be deeds to the said real estate, conveying the same to Mrs. W.…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
1. The motion to dismiss the bill of exceptions has been sufficiently dealt with in the ' headnotes, except that portion dealing with the sufficiency of the brief of the evidence. The only evidence submitted on the hearing of the case is contained in the bill of exceptions, and the recital of it is as follows; " Plaintiff introduced evidence proving that said defendant, Mrs. W. Walker Preston, is a resident of said county; that plaintiff and the said Mrs. Emma G. Ham, were intermarried on the twenty-third day September, 1915; and that the said Mrs. Ham died on the fourteenth day of December,…
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