Robert v. Tift
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Trusts. Debtor and creditor. Refore Judge Wright. Dougherty Superior Court. October Term, 18UT. This case arose upon a bill in equity filed by Robert as trustee for his wife and children, to protect a plantation, stock, etc., owned by him from being made subject to an indebtedness to N. & A. F. Tift, for supplies furnished in conducting the farming interests on the same.
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Equity. Trusts. Debtor and creditor. Refore Judge Wright. Dougherty Superior Court. October Term, 18UT. This case arose upon a bill in equity filed by Robert as trustee for his wife and children, to protect a plantation, stock, etc., owned by him from being made subject to an indebtedness to N. & A. F. Tift, for supplies furnished in conducting the farming interests on the same. The trust arose under the will of Jacob Wood, which will be found reported in 15 Ga., commencing at page 125. Mrs. Robert is the Sarah Frances T. Pierce therein referred to, and the property in controversy was…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
A married woman entitled to receive interest annually, may look to the actual produce of the fund, and it may be to her advantage to do so, for the fund may, under good and fortunate management, produce more than the equivalent of legal interest. Here, it seems, the trustee carried on a trust farm with the approbation of Mrs. Robert, and supplies were procured for her support and for conducting the farming operations. In this way, a Considerable debt was incurred. Equity could give its sanction to the arrange*571ment, and has done so. Honest creditors ought to be protected as far…
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