Wilson v. Bell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Distribution. Election by widow. Before Judge Robinson. Morgan Superior Court. March Adjourned Term, 1871. This case was an appeal from the'Court of Ordinary upon the distribution of the estate of Briggs H. Moultrie, deceased. Briggs H. Moultrie departed this life in August, 1862, intestate, leaving a widow and six children.
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Distribution. Election by widow. Before Judge Robinson. Morgan Superior Court. March Adjourned Term, 1871. This case was an appeal from the'Court of Ordinary upon the distribution of the estate of Briggs H. Moultrie, deceased. Briggs H. Moultrie departed this life in August, 1862, intestate, leaving a widow and six children. His widow, Mary J. Moultrie, died in April, 1863. The defendant in error was appointed administrator, de bonis non, on the estate of Briggs H. Moultrie, in March, 1869. The commissioners appointed to make the distribution set apart to the administrator of Mary J. Moultrie…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This case came on to be heard in the Court below on an appeal from the Court of Ordinary. It appears, from the record, that Moultrie died intestate, in August, 1862, leaving a widow and six children, four of whom were by a former wife, and two by the wife living at the time of his death. In April, 1863, the widow of Moultrie died intestate, and Reid was appointed administrator on her estate. The widow died within the time allowed by law for making her election to take a child’s part of the real estate of her deceased husband, in lieu of dower, and without having made…
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