Legal Opinion

Cunningham v. Schley

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Retraxit. Equity. Contracts. Judgments. Before Judge SNEAD. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, Justice

Defendants in error filed their bill in the court below in 1879, alleging that they were the children of George Schley, deceased, who died testate in 1866, reciting in his will that he owed a certain sum to his children under a marnage settlement by the terms of which the property therein conveyed was settled upon his wife, the mother of said defendants in error, for life, with remainder to her children. Said settlement was recorded in Jefferson county, but the records were destroyed and the original lost.

The original property covered by said settlement was *106sold by their father, and other…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Perry v. McLendonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
  2. Gamble v. Knott & HollingsworthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1869
  3. Justices of the Inferior Court ex rel. Selman v. SelmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
  4. Cunningham v. SchleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1870
  5. Hargraves v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Young v. YoungSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. Latimer v. Irish-American BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
  4. Hill v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916

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