Hickson v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Equity. Trusts and Trustees. Fraud. Before Judge Simmons. Harris Superior Court. April Term, To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the following were among the errors assigned in the bill of exceptions: (1.) Because the court rejected from evidence a letter written by Gen. Henry L. Benning lo one W. F. Moses, dated June 29, 1874, in which he stated that he understood that Mrs. Hickson had placed all of her cases in the hands of…
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Evidence. Equity. Trusts and Trustees. Fraud. Before Judge Simmons. Harris Superior Court. April Term, To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the following were among the errors assigned in the bill of exceptions: (1.) Because the court rejected from evidence a letter written by Gen. Henry L. Benning lo one W. F. Moses, dated June 29, 1874, in which he stated that he understood that Mrs. Hickson had placed all of her cases in the hands of Mr. Roland Russell for settlement; that he had had nothing to do with any of the cases since then, and could not tell the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Myra T. Hickson, as the widow and sole heir at law and distributee of Thomas Hickson, brought her bill against George H. Bryan, as his administrator, and against James M. Mobley, Reuben E. Mobley, Roland A. Russell and William M. Griggs, alleging, in substance, that Bryan, as such administrator, had wasted and converted to his own use, and had allowed his co-defendants to do so, much the larger portion of the assets belonging to the estate of her deceased husband, and praying that they, and each of them, might settle with and account to her for the property thus maladministered,…
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