DeVaughn v. McLeroy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Nonsuit. Wills. Remainders. Election. Trusts. Executors and administrators. Estates. Arbitration and award. Guardian and ward. Practice. Ratification. Deeds. Forgery. Burden of proof. Husband and wife. Tenants in common. Parties. Title. Verdict. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Clayton superior court. March, term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Henry McLeroy died testate in 1858. By the third *690item of Ms will, lie devised the land which he directed his exectuor to buy, to Ms wife for and during her natural life, and after her death (whether she remarried or not) directed that the land be sold and the proceeds divided equally among all Ms children; and in case Ms widow remarried, the executor should assume the management of said property for the benefit of his widow and minor children. The executor purchased the land, and had the deed made “ to himself as executor, his heirs and assigns,” and put the widow in…
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