Legal Opinion

Crawford v. Clark

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 6, 1900PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. June 12, 1899.

1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.

The litigation in this case is for money bequeathed by Thomas Kimbrough to his daughter Sarah Amanda, under a will probated in 1847. This money, it is claimed, was received from the executor by Benjamin W. Clark, who was the husband of Sarah Amanda and is now the intestate represented by the defendant. The fourth and sixth items of said will, forming in substance one bequest, so far as the question involved is concerned, read as follows: “ I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Amanda, and after her death to her child or children, . . two hundred dollars in cash, the possession . . to be…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Olmstead v. DunnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  2. White v. RowlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
  3. Sanford v. SanfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  4. Vickers v. StoneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
  5. Leroy M. Wiley, Parish & Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Thomas v. OwensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  2. Harris v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  3. Cooper v. Mitchell Investment Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  4. Bryant v. GreenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  5. Peavy v. ClemonsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912

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