Jones v. Habersham
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from, the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is a bill in equity, by the heirs at law and next of kin of Miss Mary Telfair of Savannah, against the executors of her will and the devisees and legatees named therein, to have the devises and bequests adjudged void and a resulting trust declared in favor of the plaintiffs. The will, which was executed the day before the testatrix died, and was afterwards admitted to probate in the court of appropriate jurisdiction of the State of Georgia, disposed of property amounting to more than $650,Q00, contained many devises and bequests to individuals and to charitable objects, and appointed the…
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