Obear v. Gray
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Practice in Superior Court. Evidence. Jurors. Verdict. Before Judge SIMMONS. Bibb Superior Court.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Practice in Superior Court. Evidence. Jurors. Verdict. Before Judge SIMMONS. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1881. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add, in connection with the third division thereof, that the question being whether Gray was capable of managing property or not, Hickman testified to his conducting business and making money; but on cross-examination it appeared that he received his information from statements of Gray himself, and thereupon the testimony was excluded.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
William Gray by his last will and testament gave George S. Obear one-fourth of all his personal and real estate in trust for his son, Edwin T. Gray, whom he believed to be wholly incompetent to take care of it. This property was to be managed and controlled by the trustee for the benefit of the cestui que trust, whose expenses were to be limited to the income .from the property, and who was not permitted to bind his estate by any contract not assented to in writing by the trustee. The will was duly probated, and is of full force and effect in all its parts as a will.
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