Amis v. Cameron
Supreme Court of Georgia
Administrators and executors. Distribution. Witness. Charge of Court. Before Jambs M. Mobley, Esq., Judge pro hao vice. Troup Superior Court. November Term, 1874. This suit was originally brought against John S. Hill and Benjamin T. Cameron, as executors of Thomas Cameron, deceased. The former dying pending suit, the action proceeded against the survivor. The facts are sufficiently reported in the opinion.-
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
Executors were sued in 1869, upon a note made by their testator in 1859. The will was probated in October, 1859, and the executors qualified. They, with others, were residuary legatees — one of them personally, and the other as trustee for his wife. The will directed the payment of all just debts. It provided for the equal division of the residuum *451by commissioners, and the executors were instructed to have commissioners appointed for that purpose. The residuary legatees were of full age, and prior to the probate of the will they entered into a written contract in these terms:…
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