White v. McKeon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on contract. Before Judge Eve. City court of Bielimond county. August term, 1892. To the petition of W. P. McKeon, trustee of Ann McKeon (formerly Adams), the defendant, White, filed a demurrer, which was overruled. The petition alleged: On June 24, 1856, James Adams died without children, leaving his will which was duly probated. At the time of his death he was the owner in fee of a lot of land described, and had a perfect title thereto.
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Action on contract. Before Judge Eve. City court of Bielimond county. August term, 1892. To the petition of W. P. McKeon, trustee of Ann McKeon (formerly Adams), the defendant, White, filed a demurrer, which was overruled. The petition alleged: On June 24, 1856, James Adams died without children, leaving his will which was duly probated. At the time of his death he was the owner in fee of a lot of land described, and had a perfect title thereto. By the second item of the will he devised the land to his wife, Ann Adams. Foster Blodgett, her trustee therein appointed, died in 1876, and in…
1Opinion of the Court
*344 Judgment affirmed.
Attached as an exhibit was a petition of the solicitor-general of the Augusta circuit, “ representing the public generally,” to the judge of the superior court of Richmond county, alleging: James Adams died leaving a will, a copy of which is annexed, under the eighth item of which Blodgett was appointed trustee of a charitable-institution to be established and known as the Adams-Institute, in the manner and for the purposes set forth in the will. Under the eighth item Blodgett was empowered to appoint a successor to himself as trustee, but died without having exercised this…
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