Legal Opinion

Gaboury v. McGovern

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 19, 1884PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Wills. Estates. Heirs. Words and Phrases. Rule in Shelly’s Case. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1884. •Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Estes, Judge.

John McCarty Gaboury, an infant, under twenty-one years of age, by his next friend and father, Joseph A. Gaboury, filed his bill in equity in the superior court of the county of Muscogee, and returnable to the June term thereof, 1884, alleging therein that Hugh Dolan, of said county, died testate in 1857, leaving surviving him his wife, Catherine Dolan, and his infant daughter, Mary Ann Dolan, his only heirs at law. Thereafter, in the same year, his widow, Catherine Dolan, also died.

In 1876, Mary Ann Dolan became of age, and on the 27th day of December, 1876, intermarried with…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gibson v. HardawaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  2. Burton v. BlackSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
  3. Mallery v. Dudley ex rel. AmakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
  4. Williams v. McIntyreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850
  5. Benton v. PattersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Sumpter v. CarterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Ewing v. ShropshireSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. DeVaughn v. McLeroySupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  4. Cooper v. Mitchell Investment Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  5. Crawford v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900

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