Blassingame v. Rose
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeal from the Court of Ordinary, on return of appraisers assigning property for year’s support of a widow. In Upson Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walkee. May Term, 1864. Mrs. Rose was the widow of Burwell W. Jackson, deceased. She intermarried with Rose during the pendency of this litigation, and hence he became a party to the same. Jackson died on the 7th of January, 1863, leaving a widow, and five children by a former wife.
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Appeal from the Court of Ordinary, on return of appraisers assigning property for year’s support of a widow. In Upson Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walkee. May Term, 1864. Mrs. Rose was the widow of Burwell W. Jackson, deceased. She intermarried with Rose during the pendency of this litigation, and hence he became a party to the same. Jackson died on the 7th of January, 1863, leaving a widow, and five children by a former wife. In July, 1863, on the widow’s application, appraisers were appointed by the Ordinary to set apart and assign from the estate, a sufficiency for the support and…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, C. J.
This was a proceeding to sot apart a year’s support for the widow and minor children of Burwell "W". Jackson, deceased. Jackson died on January 'Tth, 1863. Mr. "Worrell administered upon the estate. It was agreed between Mrs. Jackson and children, and the administrator, that another crop should be made for 1863, and that the family should remain on the place, and to manage just as they had done. This agreement was carried out, — Mrs. Jackson and children using the property without any restraint. In fact, the testimony proved that Mrs. Jackson being a first rate managar, Worrell, the…
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