Bones v. National Exchange Bank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. At September Term, 1881. Jane Bones, as widow of John S. Bones, petitioned for dower out of real estate in the city of Augusta, of which her husband died seized and possessed. • As .administratrix of said Bones, she instituted an action for rent for one-third interest in said real estate against The National Exchange Bank of Augusta. The defendant filed a caveat and objections in the first case, and plea of general issue in the second.
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Practice in Supreme Court. At September Term, 1881. Jane Bones, as widow of John S. Bones, petitioned for dower out of real estate in the city of Augusta, of which her husband died seized and possessed. • As .administratrix of said Bones, she instituted an action for rent for one-third interest in said real estate against The National Exchange Bank of Augusta. The defendant filed a caveat and objections in the first case, and plea of general issue in the second. The two cases came on for hearing June 15th, 1881. The rent case was called first. The parties agreed to refer the law and the facts…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
It appears from the bill of exceptions and transcript of the record, that two cases were tried separately before Judge Snead, of the Augusta circuit, the one being a suit for rent due the estate of John Samuel Bones, and the other an application for dower by the. widow of the said John Samuel Bones. The judge, by agreement, tried each case without the intervention of a jury, and found and adjudged both for defendant,one against the estate and the other against the'widow. The administratrix and the widow are the same lady, and the lands out of which rent and dower were…
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