Blake v. Black
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction. Sales. Wilis. Minors.. Trusts, Title, Amendment. Tenants in common. Practice, Before Judge Boynton. Rockdale superior court.
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Jurisdiction. Sales. Wilis. Minors.. Trusts, Title, Amendment. Tenants in common. Practice, Before Judge Boynton. Rockdale superior court. February térm, 1889. On January 26, 1885, Jennie A. Black, Elizabeth Laird, Mary A. Cowan, Joanna Sanders and Georgia Bailey, (children of Olaiborn W. Bailey, deceased,) and Leila Ficquett (formerly the wife of David C. Bailey, a son of Olaiborn W. Bailey), and David O. Bailey, Jr., and Annie May Bailey (minor children of David O. Bailey, deceased, and Leila Bailey, now Leila Ficquett), the minors suing by next friend, brought complaint against Blake, for…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
We have read the evidence and considered it carefully, and we entertain no doubt that the court committed error in not granting a new trial, on the tenth ground of the amended motion. We shall present as briefly as may be our reasons for this opinion.
1. Upon the facts set forth in the petition of Mrs. Bailey, construed in connection with the will of the testator of which she was executrix, the chancellor had jurisdiction under section 4214 of the code, embracing the act of 1866, to decree a sale of the land and to do this in vacation. We look to the substance of the…
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