Carr v. Trustees of Emory College
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bill in equity, in Newton Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss, at the September Term, 1860. On the 10th of January, 1820, Thomas Carr, then of Columbia county, made his will in due form of law, which will, after his death, to-wit: on the- 10th day of November, 1820, was duly proved and recorded in the Court of Ordinary of said county of Columbia. The 9th and 11th items of the will are as follows, to-wit: “ 9th.
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Bill in equity, in Newton Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss, at the September Term, 1860. On the 10th of January, 1820, Thomas Carr, then of Columbia county, made his will in due form of law, which will, after his death, to-wit: on the- 10th day of November, 1820, was duly proved and recorded in the Court of Ordinary of said county of Columbia. The 9th and 11th items of the will are as follows, to-wit: “ 9th. I give and bequeath unto my son, William Anthony Carr, and Colonel Nicholas Ware, in trust (and whom I constitute and appoint trustees for the purpose herein, named) the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumkin, J.,
delivering the opinion.
This bill is filed by the children of William A. Carr and Susan B. Savage, by virtue of an assignment of a life-estate of Selina A. Few, in and to the property therein named, to recover forty-two shares Georgia Railroad stock, and the dividends thereon, from Emory College.
It is claimed to belong to the claimants, by the will of their grandfather. That it was bought with the proceeds of some lands in Alabama, and that these lands passed by the residuary clause in the will of the said Thomas Carr, in trust, to his daughter, Mrs. Few, and at her…
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- Ware v. Trustees of Emory CollegeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
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