Lake v. Hardee
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Verdicts. Decrees. Practice in the Superior Court. Statute of limitations. Executors and administrators. Fraud. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court.
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Equity. Verdicts. Decrees. Practice in the Superior Court. Statute of limitations. Executors and administrators. Fraud. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1875. This cause being submitted to the jury, they found as follows: “We, the jury, find that the property of Thomas Hardee, at his death, consisted of houses, negroes and other property, as alleged in the bill, the value of which was, at the time of the appraisement, February, 1859, $19,518 00. And the'jury do find that William Lake did take possession of said property, and did receive and get possession of one-fourth…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
Thomas Hardee died in South Carolina possessed of an estate of lands and negro slaves, about the year 1857. Lake, who married one of his daughters, qualified as executor. The complainants were children of W. W. Hardee, son of the testator, and grand-children of the testator. W. W. Hardee died before his father. The estate was divided among the legatees, but the part allotted to W. W. Hardee was put in the executor’s hands to see whether the legacy lapsed on account of W. W. Hardee’s death before his father’s, aud to be held to answer to a bond given by W. W. Hardee, and…
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