Dotterer v. Pike
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trusts. Sales. Title. Husband and wife. Before Judge Pottle. Richmond Superior Court. April Term, 1877. On 31st December, 1862, Joseph M. Newby, in consideration of love for his wife, Mary A. Newby, conveyed to Ignatius P. Garvin, as trustee for her, a lot of laud in Richmond county, for her sole and separate use during her natural life, and, after her death, to such children as she may leave living, share and share alike, with authority in her to empower the trustee, by…
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Trusts. Sales. Title. Husband and wife. Before Judge Pottle. Richmond Superior Court. April Term, 1877. On 31st December, 1862, Joseph M. Newby, in consideration of love for his wife, Mary A. Newby, conveyed to Ignatius P. Garvin, as trustee for her, a lot of laud in Richmond county, for her sole and separate use during her natural life, and, after her death, to such children as she may leave living, share and share alike, with authority in her to empower the trustee, by writing under her hand, to sell any part, or the whole, of said trust estate, she being allowed to dispose of any part, or…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
This was a case in equity, tried under the act of 1816, on which trial the jury found a special verdict in response to certain questions propounded. On this verdict the court granted a decree, and the only matter complained of is that decree.
The substance of the verdict is, that Rowley loaned Newby, the husband of Mary A. Newby, $1,500.00, to secure which N ewby and wife executed to him a mortgage of the wife’s land; that no money was paid for the land as purchase money; the deed to the land of Mrs. Newby was to pay the individual debt of Newby; part of Rowley’s debt on Newby…
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