Bagley v. Kennedy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Title. Prescription. Remainders. Trusts and trustees. Before Judge Hutchins. Gwinnett superior court. March adjourned term, 1888. Mary A. Bagley et al. brought their action of ejectment against J. R. Kennedy. The pleas were, the general issue and prescription. 'The verdict was for the ■defendant. The plaintiffs asked for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence. This being refused, they excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The only demise which, under the evidence, has any significance, is the third, which was from, the three ■children of Dorcas Iiardin by her husband, James Hardin. The title of these childrenrestedupon a document ■executed in April, 1849, by the heirs and distributees of - the estate of Robert Harkness, one of whom was Dorcas. Hardin. This document settled the rights of the heirs •touching the premises now in-,dispute, and provided that the same should belong to Dorcas Hardin during her life, and be divided at her death equally between her children by James Hardin. By…
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