Hood v. Perry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Husband and Wife. Guardian and Ward. Married Women. Ordinary. Laws. Before Judge Brown. Milton Superior Court. February Term, 1884. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
Jamerson Perry died leaving Martha Hood, then Perry, *320and three children surviving him; he also left an estate consisting of certain lots of land. Martha, the widow, took out letters of guardianship for the property of the minors, and gave bond and security for such guardianship. She took dower in the lands, and the administrator of Jamerson Perry, deceased, having sold the lands belonging to the estate of deceased other than the lands of which the widow had been endowed, she purchased them for her children. Several years afterward, the widow intermarried with one ITood. She…
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