Janes v. Cherokee Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M.

Mary J. Janes and others brought an action against Ihe defendant, a Masonic lodge, to recover a city lot located in Rome, Georgia. Upon the trial the following facts appeared: The will of Ambrose Mills was executed in 1845. It was probated and admitted to record in the State of North Carolina in 1849, and contained an item which devised to his daughter, Jane-A. King, the property in controversy, to be held by her “ during, her natural life, for the use and support of herself and children, and at her death said property . . to be equally divided among the heirs of her body. ” To this will…