Legal Opinion

Ingram v. Trustees of Mercer University

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 10, 1897PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Equitable petition. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. September term, 1896.

1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.

When this case was here before (98 Ga. 320) this court decided that, under the sixth item of the will involved,, only those nephews and nieces of the testator who were living at the time of hi's death were entitled to the lega*227cies mentioned in that item, and that the children or grandchildren of those nephews and nieces who had died prior to the death of the testator were not entitled to the legacies of their deceased parents, and that therefore the court below did not err in enjoining the executors from paying the legacies to these grandnephews and grandnieces. When the case was called for…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. National Bank v. CarltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  2. Smith v. HornsbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  3. City of Atlanta v. First Methodist ChurchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  4. Weems v. CokerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  5. Bailey v. RossSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Sumner v. SumnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  3. Kniepkamp v. RichardsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  4. Murphey v. HarkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  5. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. GlawsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913

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