Wikle v. Woolley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Wills. Construction. . Approximation. Minors. Before Judge Fain. Bartow superior court. January-term, 1887. A. F. Woolley and F. II. Harris, as executors of Sarah M. Roper, filed their bill, alleging, in brief, as follows: By her last will, Mrs. Roper nominated her husband, J. C. Roper, as her executor, and. also, on certain contingencies therein named, nominated complainants and Mary C. Roper as executors and executrix.
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Wills. Construction. . Approximation. Minors. Before Judge Fain. Bartow superior court. January-term, 1887. A. F. Woolley and F. II. Harris, as executors of Sarah M. Roper, filed their bill, alleging, in brief, as follows: By her last will, Mrs. Roper nominated her husband, J. C. Roper, as her executor, and. also, on certain contingencies therein named, nominated complainants and Mary C. Roper as executors and executrix. The will was duly probated, and in 1874, J. C. Roper was removed from his trust and complainants and Mary C. allowed to qualify, which complainants have done but Mary C. has…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The sole question argued before us was, whether the minor, who is the beneficial plaintiff in error in this case, is entitled, under the provisions of his mother’s will, to have arrearages which have accumulated, or are said to have accumulated in his favor, on account of his not receiving past support and maintenance and education out of the mother’s estate, — whether he is entitled to have arrearages allowed him in the distribution or division of the corpus of the estate when it shall take place in the future, under the decree yet to be made in this case or in some…
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