Legal Opinion

Parker v. Chestnutt

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 2, 1888PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Wills. Devises. Legacies. Rents. Emblements. Before Judge Bower. Decatur superior court. May term, 1887. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Blandford, Justice.

The defendants in error, as the executors of Felix G. Arnett, filed their bill in the superior court of Decatur county, for direction; and the bill substantially makes this case: Certain lands lying on the Flint river were devised to the plaintiff in error by the will of Arnett. At the time of Arnett’s death, in June, 1886, there was an action of ejectment pending in the name of Arnett against the county of Decatur to recover certain land upon which the county authorities had erected a bridge and opened approaches to the bridge, this land being a part of the land devised to…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Holliday v. PriceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  2. Cheshire v. KeatonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937

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