Hughes v. Hughes

Jackson, Chief Justice.

[Martha E. Hughes, widow of George W. Hughes, in behalf of herself and minor children, filed a bill against Mary L. Hughes, Wilberforce Daniel, sheriff of Richmond county, and Thomas M. Berrien, administrator of William W. Hughes, of Burke county. The bill alleged, in brief, that William W. Hughes owned, besides much other property, a tract of land known as the Hughes “Summer Place,” and desiring to make provision for his son, George W. Hughes, gave it to him in 18G5; that the son went into possession under this gift, and so remained until his .death in 1872, and…