Lanier v. Huguley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Before Judge Harris. Troup superior court. November term, 1892. The contract sued on is set forth in a former report ■of this case in 86 Ga. 686. At the second trial there was a verdict for $4,000 and interest in the plaintiff’s favor, and the defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The motion contains the general grounds, and two assignments of error which are fully shown in the first and second parts of the opinion.
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Before Judge Harris. Troup superior court. November term, 1892. The contract sued on is set forth in a former report ■of this case in 86 Ga. 686. At the second trial there was a verdict for $4,000 and interest in the plaintiff’s favor, and the defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The motion contains the general grounds, and two assignments of error which are fully shown in the first and second parts of the opinion. The other grounds are : That the court refused a request to charge the jury thus : “ If the executor, Lanier, received the assets of George Huguley’s estate in bonds,…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
1. George Iluguley, in consideration of a marriage about to be solemnized between himself and Sallie White, made a contract with her wherein he agreed and directéd that his executors should, of the first money coming into their hands of his estate and as soon as it should come into their hands, after paying his debts, expenses of last sickness and funeral expenses, pay over to his then widow $4,000. After his death the widow sued Lanier, the executor, upon this contract, and one of the pleas filed was that of payment. Hpon this branch of the case the court charged the jury…
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