Rumph v. Truelove
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Administrators and Executors. Estates. Minors. Practice in the Superior -Court. Before Judge LESTER. Lumpkin Superior Court.
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Ejectment. Administrators and Executors. Estates. Minors. Practice in the Superior -Court. Before Judge LESTER. Lumpkin Superior Court. April Term, 1880. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to add that the fifth ground of the motion for new trial was as follows: Because the court charged the jury that if they found that the widow made a deed to this land within one year from the date of letters of administration, this would be an election to take a child’s part, and such deed would convey her one-fifth interest; and in that case, if they found that the remaining…
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The plaintiffs in the court below, as the heirs at law of Miles G. Pearson, brought their action of ejectment to recover certain lots of land therein described, in the possession of and claimed by G. W. Rumph. Pearson died seized and possessed of the lands involved in this litigation ; his widow ánd four children were his heirs ; she was appointed his administratrix, but marrying shortly thereafter, her letters abated ; she afterwards sold and conveyed the land, her husband joining inJthe deed, and recited therein the above facts, and also procured the written consent of the…
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