Weeks v. Sego
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeal from Court of Ordinary. In Richmond Superior Court, June Term, 1850. Tried before Judge Starnes. By a marriage settlement entered into 30th Dec. 1847, between William Wiggins and Sarah MeColler, the property of the latter was secured to a trustee for her sole and separate use— “ the said William Wiggins, in no event, to inherit the same— with power to the said Sarah, notwithstanding her coverture, and with the consent and approhatmi of her said trustee, to sell,…
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Appeal from Court of Ordinary. In Richmond Superior Court, June Term, 1850. Tried before Judge Starnes. By a marriage settlement entered into 30th Dec. 1847, between William Wiggins and Sarah MeColler, the property of the latter was secured to a trustee for her sole and separate use— “ the said William Wiggins, in no event, to inherit the same— with power to the said Sarah, notwithstanding her coverture, and with the consent and approhatmi of her said trustee, to sell, assign, transfer and devise, or either, all or any part of the said properly at pleasure : Provided, always, that the said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The first question which we shall consider in this case, is the power given by the marriage settlement to Mrs. Wiggins to *203dispose of her separate property. The marriage settlement secures the property to her sole and separate use, notwithstanding her intended coverture, and for that purpose it is conveyed to Abraham Sego, her trustee, with power to sell, assign, transfer and devise, or either, all, or any part of the property, 'at pleasure, with the consent and approbation of her said trustee.
Sarah McColler (afterwards Mrs. Wiggins) made her…
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