Harrison v. Odum
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Highsmith. Glynn superior court. February 8, 1918. This case involves" the estate of Nelson H. Harrison, who died in Glynn county in July, 1917, in the 90th year of his age. The plaintiffs in the court below were Mrs. Martha Odum and the children of William Henry Harrison, who predeceased Nelson H. Harrison.
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Injunction. Before Judge Highsmith. Glynn superior court. February 8, 1918. This case involves" the estate of Nelson H. Harrison, who died in Glynn county in July, 1917, in the 90th year of his age. The plaintiffs in the court below were Mrs. Martha Odum and the children of William Henry Harrison, who predeceased Nelson H. Harrison. The defendants were the other children of Nelson H. Harrison, namely, Eobert Harrison, Frank S. Harrison, and Nelson C. Harrison, and the children of James B. Harrison, a deceased son of Nelson H. Harrison. The National Bank of Brunswick, which had on deposit more…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
Did the trial court err in granting the injunction and in preserving the status of the estate of Nelson H. Harrison pending the litigation? The answer to this question depends upon the answer to another controlling question involved in the case, namely, whether Mrs. Odum, one of the plaintiffs, and her deceased brother, William Henry Harrison, who was the father of the other plaintiffs, became the legitimate children of Nelson H. Harrison, deceased, or whether they were illegitimate children. It is insisted upon the part of the plaintiffs in error, who are admittedly legitimate children of…
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