Word v. Davis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Harris. Troup superior court. November term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
On March 21, 1896, Genie Word and others filed a petition addressed to the superior court of Troup county, alleging, in substance, as follows: They are legatees under the will of Tillman Pullen, deceased; and his widow Martha' A. A. Pullen, who has since the death of her husband intermarried with Davis, was duly qualified as the sole executrix of his will. In the will there was a devise to the widow of a lot of land upon which the deceased resided, to he held by her during her natural life, which with other property bequeathed to her was to be in lieu of dower arid year’s support, and was so…
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