Arnold v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Wills. Jurisdiction. Ordinary, Personalty. Deeds. Before Judge Lester. Fulton County. At Chambers. January 4, 1879. Martha Arnold and her children, with the exception of Frank J. Arnold, filed their bill against Hugh M. Arnold, said Frank, and others, making, in substance, the following case: On May 11,1870, in the county of Fulton, James Arnold, then a resident and citizen of Georgia, executed a will bequeathing all his property, a part of which was certain…
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Injunction. Wills. Jurisdiction. Ordinary, Personalty. Deeds. Before Judge Lester. Fulton County. At Chambers. January 4, 1879. Martha Arnold and her children, with the exception of Frank J. Arnold, filed their bill against Hugh M. Arnold, said Frank, and others, making, in substance, the following case: On May 11,1870, in the county of Fulton, James Arnold, then a resident and citizen of Georgia, executed a will bequeathing all his property, a part of which was certain railroad stock, to a trustee in trust for the use of complainants and the said Frank, the estate to the children being one…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
This contest, though opening as a mere skirmish at one of the outposts of equity, has drawn into it all the forces of both combatants, and proved a general engagement, with results well nigh if not quite decisive of the whole substance of the controversy. Some of the parties to the bill stand indifferent, and others are apparently separated from their friends and mingle with their enemies, but it is obvious that the real dispute is between the illegitimate children of James Arnold, deceased, together with their mother, on one side, and his legitimate children, who are his…
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