Legal Opinion

Calhoun v. Calhoun

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Dower. Year’s Support. Husband and "Wife. Before Judge Peeples. Eulton Superior Court. October Term, 1876. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

This case was tried on a bill in equity, an affidavit of illegality and a rule against the sheriff, all together, by consent, at the same time.

*248Mrs. Calhoun had her year’s support set apart by the ordinary, obtained judgment, fi. fa. was thereupon issued, and the sheriff ruled for not making the money, but receiving the executor’s affidavit of illegality. The executor also filed a bill of injunction, setting up that she had received her year’s support in the house, the use of which she had had, and that she could not elect a child’s part of the property, as the will provided for…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Austell v. SwannSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  2. Green v. HambrickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Walraven v. WalravenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  4. Tilley v. KingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942

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