Scaife v. Emmons
Supreme Court of Georgia
Wills. Charge of court. Before Judge Bower. Mitchell superior court. March term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Mrs. Margaret J. Emmons, now Mrs. Scaife, sought to have admitted and established as the will of her husband, Dr. Ii. R. Emmons, what she alleged to be a nuncupative will made by him about the 20th day of February, 1888, during his last illness, and three days before his death. By it he gave to his wife the house and lot on which they lived, and all the ' furniture and other property in it; also his farm in Mitchell county, and the mules and other property on it; also the cabins and lots he had rented out to negroes; also his storehouse and lot in Camilla, and all the goods…
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- Hadden v. SpaderCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1822
- Johnston v. GlasscockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
- In re the alleged nuncupative will of YarnallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
- Harrington v. SteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Boyer v. FrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
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