Farmers Banking Co. v. Key
Supreme Court of Georgia
Levy and claim. Before Judge Harris. Meriwether superior •court. August term, 1900. In February, 1894, the Farmers Banking Company, for the use of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, obtained a judgment against Mrs. L. C. Key. The execution issuing therefrom was, in April, 1900,levied upon a one-fifth undivided interest in certain described lands, which was claimed by Mrs. L. C. Key as administratrix of the estate of J. G. W. Key, deceased.
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Levy and claim. Before Judge Harris. Meriwether superior •court. August term, 1900. In February, 1894, the Farmers Banking Company, for the use of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, obtained a judgment against Mrs. L. C. Key. The execution issuing therefrom was, in April, 1900,levied upon a one-fifth undivided interest in certain described lands, which was claimed by Mrs. L. C. Key as administratrix of the estate of J. G. W. Key, deceased. Upon the trial of the claim, counsel for the plaintiff and claimant agreed upon the following statement of facts: “ 1. That J. G. W. Key died…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
1. The act of December 10, 1807 (Cobb’s Dig. 227), provided that “ It shall be the duty of all widows, within one year after the death of their husbands, to make their election or portion out of the estate of the deceased; and any such widow so fading to make her election shall be considered as having taken her dower or thirds, and shall forever after be debarred from taking any other part or portion of the said estate.” This act was amended December 9, 1841 (lb. 230), by changing the time within which widows should make such election from “within one year after the death of their husbands”…
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