Lilly v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Superior Court. Administrators and Executors. Attorney and Client. Auditor. Master in Chancery. Wills. Estates. Evidence. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Simmons. Houston Superior Court. April Term, 1883. . The facts stated in the fifth head-note and the decision report the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Mrs. Mary A. E. Griffin, on the 17th day of June, 1874, executed her last will and testament, and died thereafter. The will was proved at the following July term of the court of ordinary of Houston county, and letters testamentary were issued to D. N. Austin, the executor therein named. The first item of the will directed the payment of debts ; the second gave a specific legacy of jewelry, silver ware, furniture, etc., to Elizabeth Orr and Reuben H. Slappy, testatrix’s children by her first husband; the third item directed her land, consisting of seven hundred and fifty-eight…
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