Mays v. Mays
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Searcy. Butts superior court. July 20, 1021. Mrs. Pi. W. Mays, as administratrix of the estate .of Dr. E. W. Mays, deceased, filed a petition containing two counts, alleging substantially the following: In the latter part of 1910 Dr. Mays, a widower, began to visit the plaintiff, a single woman.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Searcy. Butts superior court. July 20, 1021. Mrs. Pi. W. Mays, as administratrix of the estate .of Dr. E. W. Mays, deceased, filed a petition containing two counts, alleging substantially the following: In the latter part of 1910 Dr. Mays, a widower, began to visit the plaintiff, a single woman. Soon afterward Dr. Mays proposed marriage, and the marriage occurred on September 28, 1911. Dr. Mays died intestate on December 9, 1918. John Billie Mays, a child of Dr. Mays by a former marriage, is his only living descendant. On December 13, 1918, John Billie Mays,…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
1. That portion of the judgment of the court sustaining certain demurrers, to which there is exception, was not erroneous.
2. The court, over objection, permitted a witness to testify as follows: “ Dr. Mays said he was going to marry. He said he wanted a wife in his old age. I told him that I thought it would be a good thing if he could find a lady who would make him a companion in his old age. He said he reckoned he would get married, but that he ’did not know any one who would marry him except for what he had; he said that he expected to take care of his child, that he was the only one he…
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