Sterling v. Sterling
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Troup Superior Court. Decided by Judge Hill. June Term, 1852. The facts of this case are as follows : In 1851, a suit for divorce and alimony then pending, at the instance of Bethena Sterling, against her husband, Wiley J. Sterling, an agreement was entered into between them, by which Wiley J. Sterling gave a written obligation, in the form of a penal bond, that if his wife would dismiss her said suit, he .would make over one-half of his property to her and to…
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In Equity, in Troup Superior Court. Decided by Judge Hill. June Term, 1852. The facts of this case are as follows : In 1851, a suit for divorce and alimony then pending, at the instance of Bethena Sterling, against her husband, Wiley J. Sterling, an agreement was entered into between them, by which Wiley J. Sterling gave a written obligation, in the form of a penal bond, that if his wife would dismiss her said suit, he .would make over one-half of his property to her and to their children, in shares specified in the bond; among the rest, a tract of land, a negro woman, and two children, to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This bill is filed by William Sterling, son of Wiley J. Sterling, late 6f Troup County, against Bethena Sterling, the widow and administratrix, and Whitmel L. Sterling, administra*203tor of the said Wiley ,J. It recites, among other things, that the said Bethena having separated from<'her husband, institituted proceedings against him for divorce and alimony; that the parties agreed upon terms of settlement, the said Bethena stipulating on her part, to discontinue her suits; and the said Wiley J. in consideration thereof, as well as of the…
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