Arline v. Miller
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Laurens Superior Court. Tried before Judge Love, October Term, 1856. This bill was filed by Sarah Miller, against Jethro Arline, executor of Enoch Tootle, deceased.
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In Equity, in Laurens Superior Court. Tried before Judge Love, October Term, 1856. This bill was filed by Sarah Miller, against Jethro Arline, executor of Enoch Tootle, deceased. The bill alleges that about the year 1806, one Gracy Taylor, then of the State of North Carolina, had a life estate in a negro man, Abram, remainder to her children, William Tootle and his two sisters: That about that time William being about to remove to the State of Georgia, and owning the wife of Abram, purchased of his two sisters their remainder, and also the life estate of Mrs. Taylor, agreeing to pay her…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald, J.
delivering the opinion.
Sarah Miller filed her bill against Jethro Arline, as executor of the will of Enoch Tootle, deceased, requiring the sale of a negro man named Abram, and one hundred and ninety acres of land, alleged to have been assigned as dower to the widow of William Tootle, deceased, on whose estate the said Enoch Tootle had administered, and for other relief. Gracy Taylor, the mother of William Tootle, had a life estate in Abram, and he and his two sisters were entitled to the remainder. William Tootle purchased the interest of his sisters in the remainder,…
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