Daniel v. Bank of West Point
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Freeman. Troup superior court. December 9, 191.6. W. B. Meetze died in September, 1912. At the-time of his death he was conducting a general mercantile business, a cotton warehouse, a cotton-gin for the purpose of ginning cotton for himself and for the public, and farmed on his own lands and the lands of others, and supplied the tenants on those farms, etc.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Freeman. Troup superior court. December 9, 191.6. W. B. Meetze died in September, 1912. At the-time of his death he was conducting a general mercantile business, a cotton warehouse, a cotton-gin for the purpose of ginning cotton for himself and for the public, and farmed on his own lands and the lands of others, and supplied the tenants on those farms, etc. After his death his son-in-law, W. K. Daniel, was appointed administrator upon his estate, and also guardian of Earl D. Meetze, the, minor son of W. B. Meetze. The heirs of W. B. Meete were his- widow, his…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The rulings to which exceptions are taken revolve around the main and controlling question in the case, namely, whether Mrs. Meetze and Mrs. Daniel were the real, equitable owners of the estate of W. B. Meetze and were conducting the business which had been carried on by the intestate in his lifetime through their manager or agent, W. K. Daniel, who was also the administrator of the estate of W. B. Meetze; and whether Mrs. Meetze and Mrs. Daniel are responsible for the money borrowed by Daniel to run the business, and for which Daniel gave to the plaintiff…
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