Vance v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Caveat to Will. On Appeal, in Columbia Superior Court. Tried before Judge Holt, at March Term, 1848. The plaintiffs in error gave notice to the defendants in error, to prove the Will of their testator, Marshal Keith, in solemn form, in the Court of Ordinary of Columbia county, which notice being complied with, an appeal by consent from that Court, was taken to the Superior Court of Columbia county.
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Caveat to Will. On Appeal, in Columbia Superior Court. Tried before Judge Holt, at March Term, 1848. The plaintiffs in error gave notice to the defendants in error, to prove the Will of their testator, Marshal Keith, in solemn form, in the Court of Ordinary of Columbia county, which notice being complied with, an appeal by consent from that Court, was taken to the Superior Court of Columbia county. The cause came on to be heard at the March term, 1848, of said Court, when the counsel for plaintiffs in error, moved to strike out the following allegata of the Executors — First, on the ground…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
In 1839, Marshall Keith, of the county of Columbia, duly made and published his last will and testament in the words following, to wit: “In the name of God, amen ; I Marshall Keith, of the county of Columbia and State of Georgia, do make this my last will and testament in the words following; that is to say, in the first place, I give and bequeath unto Joseph Jones, alias Keith, one negro girl now in Alabama, named Jane, together with her increase, to him and his heirs forever. Then I give and bequeath unto said Joseph and John Jones, alias…
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