Legal Opinion

Cruger v. Tucker

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 26, 1882PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Practice in Supreme Court. Fraud. Trustees. Equity. Before Judge SlMMONS. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1882. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only the following: The trustee of Mrs. Cruger and her children sought, by bill, to enjoin the creditors of Cruger, the husband and father of thzcestuis qite trust, from subjecting certain property to the payment o fhis debts.

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Practice in Supreme Court. Fraud. Trustees. Equity. Before Judge SlMMONS. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1882. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only the following: The trustee of Mrs. Cruger and her children sought, by bill, to enjoin the creditors of Cruger, the husband and father of thzcestuis qite trust, from subjecting certain property to the payment o fhis debts. The prayer of the bill was for injunction, subpoena and general relief; also a prayer for the payment of certain counsel fees due by the trust estate. Claghorn & Cunningham, who were among…

1Opinion of the Court

Speer, Justice.

John H. Robert, of South Carolina, by his will devised certain property in that state to his daughter, E. A. Robert, who afterwards intermarried with N. Cruger. By the terms of the devise, “ the use of the property, both real and personal, was given her during her natural life, and then to the children of said daughter who may survive her, in equal distribution.”

Ann M. Robert, the mother of Mrs. Cruger, by her will, in 1851, likewise devised to Mrs. Cruger certain property, “its use and enjoyment during her natural life, and no longer, and then to her children who may survive…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Yahoola River & Cane Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Co. v. IrbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1869
  2. Booher v. WorrillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  3. Hanks v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1869
  4. Doe ex dem. Lamar v. RoeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Snyder v. FreeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  2. Anderson v. BarronSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  3. Dixon, Mitchell & Co. v. MonroeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  4. Jenkins v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  5. Wells v. BlitchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936

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