Bledsoe v. Bledsoe
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Butts Superior Court. ‘Decision on demur--' rer, by Judge Cabaniss, September Term, 185S. ' This was a bill filed by Nathaniel M. Bledsoe and others, children and grand-children of Morton Bledsoe, deceased, against James M. Bledsoe, and Jesse W. Wilson.
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In Equity, in Butts Superior Court. ‘Decision on demur--' rer, by Judge Cabaniss, September Term, 185S. ' This was a bill filed by Nathaniel M. Bledsoe and others, children and grand-children of Morton Bledsoe, deceased, against James M. Bledsoe, and Jesse W. Wilson. The bill states, that Morton Bledsoe departed this life in September, 1S45, leaving his last will and testament, in and by which, he appointed his wife, Mary Bledsoe, executrix, during her life or widowhood, who qualified as executrix thereof, and possessed herself of the whole estate, real and personal of deceased, of the value…
1Opinion of the Court
— Lumpkin J.
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
Morton Bledsoe died in 1845, leaving a considerable estate, real and personal; a widow, whom he constituted his executrix, and fourteen children. By his will, his children were to be raised until the youngest male child attained the age of fifteen, at which time his property was to be distributed between them.
Being a debtor to one Dyer, with Gustavus Hendrick and Dr. Charles Bailey as his securities, he executed a mortgage to his securities, for their indemnity. He made some payments upon this debt in his lifetime; and had gone so far as to make…
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