Mandeville v. Mandeville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Caveat. In Clay Superior Court, on appeal from the Ordinary. Tried before Judge Clarke. June Term, 1866. On the first day of September, 1865, G. S. Mandeville, applied to the Ordinary of Olay county, to issue a citation of his intention to administer on the estate of Charles G. Mandeville, formerly of said county, deceased.
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Caveat. In Clay Superior Court, on appeal from the Ordinary. Tried before Judge Clarke. June Term, 1866. On the first day of September, 1865, G. S. Mandeville, applied to the Ordinary of Olay county, to issue a citation of his intention to administer on the estate of Charles G. Mandeville, formerly of said county, deceased. On the 2d day of October, 1865, the defendants in error, six of the heirs at law, and two-thirds of those interested in the distribution of the estate, filed their caveat to the granting of letters of administration to the petitioner, on the grounds: 1. Because each of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
[1,] In looking through the record in this cause, we are unable to perceive the shadow of a reason for this Court being troubled as it has been by the litigous spirit which characterizes the conduct of plaintiff in error in this whole matter.
He was an applicant, as it appears by his petition, to the Court of Ordinary of Clay county for letters of administration on his father’s estate, and prayed therein that a citation should issue, calling on distributees and others interested, to show cause why they should not be granted to him. In October thereafter, six of the heirs at law, standing in…
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