Wiggins v. Blount
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Burke Superior Court. Decision by Judge Holt, at November Term, 1861. This bill was brought by Margaret Wiggins, widow of John S. Wiggins, against Thomas H. Blount, administrator cum testamento annexo of the estate of William Saxon, for an account, and for her distributive share in said estate.
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In Equity, in Burke Superior Court. Decision by Judge Holt, at November Term, 1861. This bill was brought by Margaret Wiggins, widow of John S. Wiggins, against Thomas H. Blount, administrator cum testamento annexo of the estate of William Saxon, for an account, and for her distributive share in said estate. The bill sets up that William Saxon died in Burke county, leaving the following will: “After paying all my just debts, I do will unto my beloved wife, Celia Saxon, for her support, and all the rest of my family, while they remain with her during of her natural life, all of my estate, both…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. —
Lumpkin, C. J., delivering the opinion.
Is the complainant, Margaret Wiggins, entitled to recover of the defendant, Thomas H. Blount, as administrator de bonis cum testamenta annexo of William Saxon, deceased, the interest which belonged to his daughter, Elizabeth Saxon, in *412the estate of her father, and what was that interest? To the Court, it is a question free from doubt.
Elizabeth had a vested right to one equal share of said estate at the death of her father. Upon her intermarriage with John S. Wiggins, he succeeded to said right; and Elizbeth dying without issue — leaving…
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