Silcox v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, from Richmond Superior Court. Tried by before Judge Holt, at October Term, 1857. This bill was filed by John Silcox and Charlotte his wife, .formerly Charlotte Nelson, widow of Matthew Nelson, deceased, against John Nelson and Jamés Harper, executors of said Matthew, for the recovery of the sum of two thousand dollars, with interest, claimed by complainants, as heirs at law, of said deceased, the same being a legacy bequeathed by testator to the trustees of the…
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In Equity, from Richmond Superior Court. Tried by before Judge Holt, at October Term, 1857. This bill was filed by John Silcox and Charlotte his wife, .formerly Charlotte Nelson, widow of Matthew Nelson, deceased, against John Nelson and Jamés Harper, executors of said Matthew, for the recovery of the sum of two thousand dollars, with interest, claimed by complainants, as heirs at law, of said deceased, the same being a legacy bequeathed by testator to the trustees of the Braithwaite School in the Parish of Ripon, county of York, in England, and whiehlegacy complainants allege lapsed, and…
1Opinion of the Court
McDonald J.,
By the Court. delivering the opinion.
The bill in Chancery, on the trial of which; the errors assigned are alleged to have been committed by the presiding Judge in the Court below, was instituted by the complainants claiming, as having lapsed, the legacy of $2000 directed by the testator to be invested in stocks, the income of which was. directed to be paid to the Braithwaite school in York county, England, and alleging that the complainant, Charlotte Silcox, is the heir at law, of the testator, and under that title, insisting that the said sum and its accumulations, belong, of…
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