Legal Opinion

Vinton v. Powell

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 18, 1911PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Equitable petition. Before Judge Frank Park. Decatur superior court. May term, 1910. ,

1Opinion of the Court

Eish, O. J.

1. Time does not run against the equitable estate of minors, where the legal estate does not reside in one authorized to assert their rights. Civil Code (1910), § 4173.

(«■) Accordingly, where it was alleged in the petition that the father of the plaintiff’s wards died seized and possessed of a given tract of land in the fall of 1899, that he was at the time of his death the absolute owner thereof, that no administration had ever been had upon his estate, that' the wards were all of his children and were minors at that time, that a guardian was appointed for them November 4, 1901,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. White v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Wood v. HainesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  3. Findlay v. Mineralized Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Kelley v. SpiveySupreme Court of Georgia · 1936

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