Rowland v. Mathews
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Malcolm D. Jones. Crawford superior court. October 17, 1921. Maude B. Bowlaud filed her petition against Cora L. Mathews as administratrix of W. II. Mathews, and made this case: W. H. Mathews died testate. His will was duly proved in solemn form, and Cora Mathews was duly appointed, and qualified, as administratrix with the will annexed of his estate.
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Complaint for land. Before Judge Malcolm D. Jones. Crawford superior court. October 17, 1921. Maude B. Bowlaud filed her petition against Cora L. Mathews as administratrix of W. II. Mathews, and made this case: W. H. Mathews died testate. His will was duly proved in solemn form, and Cora Mathews was duly appointed, and qualified, as administratrix with the will annexed of his estate. By his will the testator disposed of his estate as follows: “ To my son, H. C. Mathews, 75 acres land, it lying and being on the east side of land lot (No. 61) sixty-one in the 6th district. Also, to my daughter,…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The court takes judicial cognizance of the fact that land lot No. 61 in the sixth district of Crawford county, Georgia, contains 202 1/2 acres, and is in the form of a square. Huxford v. Southern Pine Co., 124 Ga. 181 (3), 187 (52 S. E. 439); Payton v. McPhaul, 128 Ga. 510, 514 (58 S. E. 50, 11 Ann. Cas. 163). The devise by the testator to his son, H. C. Mathews, of .75 acres of land lying and being on the east side of land lot No. 61, is sufficiently certain to embrace such a parallelogram as would result from‘drawing a line across the entire lot,…
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