Smith v. Burrus
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Hammond. Richmond superior court. March 13, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
In his petition Henry Smith alleged as follows: He is in possession, and has been since February 25, 1870, of the property thereinafter described, in his .own right, and is the absolute owner thereof. He is a negro man eighty years of age, illiterate, and in reference to legal matters absolutely dependent' upon what he is told by others. On about June 15, 1890, he married one Polly Stewart, whom he took to live with him on the described premises. She died about August, 1900. After her death G-. S. Burras informed him that his wife had left a will, nominat*11ing Burrus as executor, and devising a…
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