Smith v. Slade
Supreme Court of Georgia
Construction of will. Before Judge Gower. Crisp superior court. March 27, 1920. This case was tried upon the pleadings and the following agreed statement of facts, by the trial judge acting as court and jury: “ J. Z. Slade, the father of J. 0., Slade, T. A. Slade, Mrs. J. L. Baines, Mrs. J. T. Ingram, Mrs. Zachie Cox, and Mrs. J. W. Askew, and the grandfather of the minor children, Lucile Slade, Effie Slade, Thomas Slade, Fred Slade, and Lois Slade, died intestate, a…
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Construction of will. Before Judge Gower. Crisp superior court. March 27, 1920. This case was tried upon the pleadings and the following agreed statement of facts, by the trial judge acting as court and jury: “ J. Z. Slade, the father of J. 0., Slade, T. A. Slade, Mrs. J. L. Baines, Mrs. J. T. Ingram, Mrs. Zachie Cox, and Mrs. J. W. Askew, and the grandfather of the minor children, Lucile Slade, Effie Slade, Thomas Slade, Fred Slade, and Lois Slade, died intestate, a resident of Dooly County, Georgia, on September 2, 1898. Mrs. Emily Harty Slade, the wife of J. Z. Slade, was likewise the…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
1. A testator bequeathed and devised as follows: “Second, I give and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of my entire estate, both real and personal, to my beloved wife, Emily Harty Slade, to have and to hold to her, my said wife, and to her heirs and assigns forever. . . Fourth. After said indebtedness has been fully paid, I bequeath remainder of said land to remain undivided and under my wife’s control until her death. Should she decide to marry again, I then desire said estate to be divided equally between all the heirs of my body and Emily Harty Slade; she receiving a child’s…
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