Little v. West
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. January 23, 1915. Pearl Little, formerly Pearl Ostrander, brought suit against J. J. West, guardian of Pearl Ostrander, and alleged in substance as follows: She is the sole heir at law of Josie Ostrander, deceased. The latter died about 1903 or 1904, leaving an estate in Fulton county, Georgia, consisting of personal property and part of land lot No. 43 of the 14th district, located on South avenue, Atlanta.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. January 23, 1915. Pearl Little, formerly Pearl Ostrander, brought suit against J. J. West, guardian of Pearl Ostrander, and alleged in substance as follows: She is the sole heir at law of Josie Ostrander, deceased. The latter died about 1903 or 1904, leaving an estate in Fulton county, Georgia, consisting of personal property and part of land lot No. 43 of the 14th district, located on South avenue, Atlanta. On November 2, 1904, J. J. West was appointed administrator on the estate of Josie Ostrander, and on November 22, 1909, filed…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1-2. Headnotes 1 and 2 require no elaboration.
3. Exception is taken to the following charge of the court: “If that is not true, if this petition for the sale was for the support, maintenance, and education, or either one of them, of this plaintiff, or if she requested her guardian to apply to have this property sold for that purpose, why, she could not recover, and the sale would be valid.” It is contended that this excerpt is error, for the reason that a request by the ward for her guardian to sell real estate for her support, maintenance, and education…
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