Gillespie v. Schuman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Wills. Estates. Evidence. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1878. In addition to the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to state that two of the grounds of plaintiffs’ motion for new trial were as follows: (1) . Because the court erred in rejecting evidence of Hulsey, a witness for plaintiffs, tending to show that the third item of the will of Collier conveyed a life estate with remainder over. [The immediate fact to which the…
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Wills. Estates. Evidence. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1878. In addition to the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to state that two of the grounds of plaintiffs’ motion for new trial were as follows: (1) . Because the court erred in rejecting evidence of Hulsey, a witness for plaintiffs, tending to show that the third item of the will of Collier conveyed a life estate with remainder over. [The immediate fact to which the evidence was directed, and from which it was sought to interpret the third item of the will, was a system of equal distri ■…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs, Gillespie and wife, seek to recover of the defendants (Schuman being merely a tenant, and Lynch the landlord and real defendant,) certain realty in the city of Atlanta. Both parties claim under the will of Merrill Collier. The plaintiffs insist, that by that will, the third item particularly, Malinda P. Collier took an estate for life in the premises in dispute, remainder to her children, plaintiff, Malinda, being her only child. While defendants insist, that under the will, and the third item particularly, Malinda P. Collier took an absolute estate,…
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