Hunter v. Stembridge
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Crawford Superior Court. Decided by Judge Powers. March Term, 1852. John Stembridge filed his bill in Crawford Superior Court, setting forth that Thomas Stembridge, late of said County, had died, leaving a will, the first item of which was in these words : “I will and bequeath to my wife Sarah Stembridge, a negro woman named Mary, during her life, and then to return to my estate, and I also allow my son Henry to give her a support of the plantation during her…
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In Equity, in Crawford Superior Court. Decided by Judge Powers. March Term, 1852. John Stembridge filed his bill in Crawford Superior Court, setting forth that Thomas Stembridge, late of said County, had died, leaving a will, the first item of which was in these words : “I will and bequeath to my wife Sarah Stembridge, a negro woman named Mary, during her life, and then to return to my estate, and I also allow my son Henry to give her a support of the plantation during her lifetime.” And, by the 3d item, he bequeathed the plantation on which he lived to his son Henry. This will was made in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
-delivering the opinion.
[1.] The main question invoked in this case is, whether by the will of Thomas Stembridge, a trust was created for the support of the testator’s wife on the plantation devised to his son Henry R. M. Stembridge? By the' 1st clause of his will, the testator “bequeathed to his wile, Sarah Stembridge, a negro woman named Mary, during her life, and then to return to the estate: and I also allow my son Henry to give her a support of the plantation during her life time.”
By the 3d clause of his will, the testator devised his plantation in fee to his son…
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