Legal Opinion

Mann v. Anderson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 16, 1899PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Motion to distribute money. Before Judge Falligant. Chat-ham superior, court. July 12, 1898. Mrs. Mami as executrix of W. G. Mann filed her motion, praying that two thirds of certain dividends, arising from stock which had come under the administration of the court in a proceeding for direction, be turned over to her as the representative of the life-tenant of the stock; the other parties to the motion being or representing the remaindermen of the trust estate of which W. G.…

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Motion to distribute money. Before Judge Falligant. Chat-ham superior, court. July 12, 1898. Mrs. Mami as executrix of W. G. Mann filed her motion, praying that two thirds of certain dividends, arising from stock which had come under the administration of the court in a proceeding for direction, be turned over to her as the representative of the life-tenant of the stock; the other parties to the motion being or representing the remaindermen of the trust estate of which W. G. Mann was the life-tenant. He died on November 20, 1896. The trust estate had been fully distributed, with the exception…

1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.

William Grayson Mann was the life-tenant and the defendants are the remaindermen of a certain trust estate created by the will of George B. Cumming. A part of the property of this trust estate consisted of shares of stock in the Southwestern Railroad Co., and shares of stock in the Savannah-Gas Light Co. Mann, the life-tenant, died on Nov. 20, 1896, and each of these corporations declared a semi-annual dividend on Jan. 1, 1897, from its earnings for the previous six months. A contest with reference to these dividends arose between the-executrix of the life-tenant and the remaindermen, the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Boardman v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. Jermain v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
  3. Jones v. . Terre Haute Richmond R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
  4. Richardson v. RichardsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1884
  5. Meldrim v. Trustees of Trinity ChurchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Mickey Fowler v. Tracy GuerinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
  2. Bryan v. AikinCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1912
  3. Jackson v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  4. Mickey Fowler v. Tracy GuerinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019

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