Legal Opinion

Lamar v. Pearre

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 22, 1889PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Trusts and trustees. Estates. Practice. Remainders. Parties. Sales. Heeds. Prescription* Before Judge Roney. Columbia superior court. March term, 1888. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

The will of Gazaway Davis (who died in 1845) reciting that the testator was desirous to place his daughter, Mary Ann Lamar, wife of Henry G. Lamar, and the children she then had and might thereafter have, free from the burden of want, by securing to her and them property both real and personal, constituted Gazaway D. Lamar trustee for her and her children, “ as herein provided.” It then proceeded to give and devise to Gazaway D. Lamar, slaves, live-stock, household and kitchen furniture, farming utensils, corn, wheat and other personalty, and the plantation in Columbia…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Fleming v. HughesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
  2. Richards v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  3. Lamar v. PearreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
  4. Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. HollidaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  5. Richards v. EdwardySupreme Court of Georgia · 1912

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