Carswell v. Schley
Supreme Court of Georgia
United States Courts. Eemoral of causes. Judgments. Practice in tbe Supreme Court. Tenue. Pleadings. Husband and wife. Parties. Practice in tbe Superior Court. Before Judge Gibson. Burke Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1876. Eeported in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
To May term, 1874, of Burke superior court, Schley and wife and Miller brought their bill in equity, against Cars-well as executor of Miller, the deceased father of Mrs. Schley, and of Miller, the complainant. Discovery was expressly waived. The matter in controversy exceeded five hundred dollars, exclusive of costs. The object of the suit was to recover certain property, and the hire and profits thereof, claimed by Mrs. Schley and her brother under an ante-nuptial settlement into which their parents entered, in 1827, in contemplation of marriage. It was alleged that their…
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