Spence v. Queen
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Brand. Walton superior court. January 19, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. Under tlie allegations and prayers of the petition, the overruling of the demurrer was not error.
2. But, under the evidence, the finding of a certain sum of money in favor of the plaintiff was contrary to law and unsupported by the evidence, as against a plea of the statute of limitations.
'(a) The plaintiff claimed as a legatee under the will of her father, which was probated in 1865, and showed on its face that the testator left a tract of land, which was to be divided among his children (his wife having died before him). The plaintiff became of age in 1883, and did not bring the present…
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