Speer v. Speer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Statute of Limitations. Judgments. Wills. Administrators and Executors. New Trial. Yerdict. Before Judge Harris Troup Superior Court. April Term, 1884. Mrs. Eliza Speer, as widow and sole heir-at-law of John A. Speer, deceased, filed her petition, on February 4,1884, to set aside the probate in solemn form of the will of her deceased husband, alleging, in brief, as follows: On November 8,1879, John A. Speer died, leaving a considerable estate.
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Statute of Limitations. Judgments. Wills. Administrators and Executors. New Trial. Yerdict. Before Judge Harris Troup Superior Court. April Term, 1884. Mrs. Eliza Speer, as widow and sole heir-at-law of John A. Speer, deceased, filed her petition, on February 4,1884, to set aside the probate in solemn form of the will of her deceased husband, alleging, in brief, as follows: On November 8,1879, John A. Speer died, leaving a considerable estate. On the 19th of that month, shortly after the loss of her husband, and while she was in great affliction, greatly fatigued from travel, and worn down…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandeord, Justice.
John A. Speer, of Troup county, died November 8th, 1879, leaving the defendant in error his widow, and no child. He left a will, by which he appointed the plaintiffs in error his'executors. This paper was propounded before the court of ordinary for probate in solemn form of law, as the last will and testament of testator, by the executors named in the same. Service was acknowledged on the petition and citation for probate by Mrs. E. Speer, the widow, November 19th, 1879. At the December term, 1879, of the court of ordinary, the paper was admitted to probate in solemn form…
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