Brandon v. Rowe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of Court. Administrators and Executors. Confederate Money. Before'Judge Tompkins. Laurens Superior Court. April Adjourned Term, 1876. Brandon, as administrator of John T. Fulwood, deceased, and as next friend of John I. Fulwood, a minor, together with Mrs. Brandon, the mother of said minor, who also sued as his next friend, filed a bill, on March 11, 1875, against Rowe, administrator of Mary Jones, deceased, making, in brief, the following case : In 1856 Mrs. Mary…
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Charge of Court. Administrators and Executors. Confederate Money. Before'Judge Tompkins. Laurens Superior Court. April Adjourned Term, 1876. Brandon, as administrator of John T. Fulwood, deceased, and as next friend of John I. Fulwood, a minor, together with Mrs. Brandon, the mother of said minor, who also sued as his next friend, filed a bill, on March 11, 1875, against Rowe, administrator of Mary Jones, deceased, making, in brief, the following case : In 1856 Mrs. Mary Jones, who was the grand-mother of J ohn T. Fulwood, died. By her will, which was duly probated and recorded, she…
1Opinion of the Court
"Warner, Chief Justice.
The complainants filed their bill against the defendant as administrator, for an account and settlement, waiving discovery. On the trial of the case, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial on the several grounds alleged therein, which was overruled by the court, and the complainants excepted.
One of the grounds of the defendant’s defense was, that *540he had received Confederate money for debts due to the estate in good faith, which perished on his hands, and that he was therefore entitled to be…
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