Alfriend v. Fox
Supreme Court of Georgia
. Complaint for land. Before Judge Holden. Hancock superior court. May 31, 1905. The land which is the subject-matter of this suit was originally owned by James Hall. He died testate, devising the land to- his two children, Sarah Hall and Nancy Watts, wife of William Watts, jointly. William Watts and Sarah Hall were named in the will as coexecutors.
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. Complaint for land. Before Judge Holden. Hancock superior court. May 31, 1905. The land which is the subject-matter of this suit was originally owned by James Hall. He died testate, devising the land to- his two children, Sarah Hall and Nancy Watts, wife of William Watts, jointly. William Watts and Sarah Hall were named in the will as coexecutors. It was the contention of the plaintiffs that the land was divided, by agreement or otherwise, between Sarah Hall and Nancy Watts, and the property sued for came into the possession of the latter, and that William Watts reduced the property into…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After making the foregoing statement.) 1. The motion for a new trial contains three special grounds.. One complains that the verdict is contrary to a specified portion of the charge. This need not be considered. It raises no other question. than those raised by the general grounds of the motion. Another ground complained that the court failed to charge, that, there being no debts shown after ten years have elapsed, the law presumes the assent of the executor to the legacy. We know of no law which declares that in the absence of proof of debts the presumption of the assent of the executor to…
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