Hill v. Terrell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Freeman. Meriwether superior court. September 6, 1904. On June 5, 1879, Hon. Hiram Warner executed bis will! It was probated in August, 1881. In 1904 E.. B. Terrell filed his equitable petition, making Hiram Warner Hill, as executor of the deceased, and Kittie Hill Terrell parties defendant, and alleging in brief as follows: Kittie Hill was the granddaughter of the testator, being the daughter of his daughter, Mary J. Hill.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Freeman. Meriwether superior court. September 6, 1904. On June 5, 1879, Hon. Hiram Warner executed bis will! It was probated in August, 1881. In 1904 E.. B. Terrell filed his equitable petition, making Hiram Warner Hill, as executor of the deceased, and Kittie Hill Terrell parties defendant, and alleging in brief as follows: Kittie Hill was the granddaughter of the testator, being the daughter of his daughter, Mary J. Hill. On December 26, 1892, she and E. B. Terrell, the plaintiff, intermarried. On July 17, 1898, a daughter, Kittie Hill Terrell, was born to…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
This case presents some unusual features. When the Supreme Court of Georgia was organized under the act of December 10, 1845, Honorable Hiram Warner was one of the three Judges first elected. The second opinion which appears in the printed reports of this court (1 Ga. 5) bears his name. For many years he was a member of the court, and for a long time presided as Chief Justice. He took part in the construction' of many wills; and now, after his death, his own will comes before this court for construction. It is also somewhat an unusual fact that the petition states that it is based in part…
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