Blalock v. Newhill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Parties. Amendment. Trusts and Trustees. Ejectment. Title. Notice. Husband and Wife. Before Judge Harris. Fayette Superior Court. March Term, 1886. To the report contained in- the decision, it is necessary to add only the following: Both plaintiffs and defendant claimed under M. M. Tidwell. Plaintiffs, through their guardian, filed a bill, or petition in the nature of a bill, against M. M. Tidwell, as executor of Wm. M. Hill, for an account and settlement.
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Parties. Amendment. Trusts and Trustees. Ejectment. Title. Notice. Husband and Wife. Before Judge Harris. Fayette Superior Court. March Term, 1886. To the report contained in- the decision, it is necessary to add only the following: Both plaintiffs and defendant claimed under M. M. Tidwell. Plaintiffs, through their guardian, filed a bill, or petition in the nature of a bill, against M. M. Tidwell, as executor of Wm. M. Hill, for an account and settlement. As the pleadings were originally filed, there were no allegations as to the investment of the trust funds or effort to trace them. Blalock…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This was a statutory action for the recovery of real estate and mesne profits, at the instance of John W. Hill, who sued as trustee of Sarah C. Cochran, Margaret S. Cochran, William A. Cochran and Pleasant G. Cochran, minor children of M. A. Cochran, and was brought against E. B. Langston. Pending, the action, both the trustee and the *247defendant, Langston, died, A motion was made to amend by dropping from the suit the name of the deceased trustee, and an order was taken to proceed in the names of two of the cestuis que trust, who had then attained their majority, and the others,…
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