Miller v. Ennis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Henry. Floyd superior court. December 12, 1898. J. J. Miller died on October 20, 1894, and Ennis became his administrator. He left a widow and one minor daughter, Adella. This minor was married on March 31, 1895, to Frank Miller, and thereupon removed from the house of her mother and settled with her husband upon an adjoining piece of land.
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Injunction. Before Judge Henry. Floyd superior court. December 12, 1898. J. J. Miller died on October 20, 1894, and Ennis became his administrator. He left a widow and one minor daughter, Adella. This minor was married on March 31, 1895, to Frank Miller, and thereupon removed from the house of her mother and settled with her husband upon an adjoining piece of land. She attained majority on May 24, 1895. In the previous month the widow had applied to the ordinary for the setting apart of a year’s support for herself and the minor, and on April 29, 1895, the commissioners appointed for the…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
The only point which arisesin the caséis, whether, after a year’s support in money has been set aside to a widow and minor child, such minor, who voluntarily removes from the residence of her mother and relinquishes further care and support by her, can recover for her own separate use any part of *665the sum set apart as a year’s support for the widow and minor child. We think hot. The support of the widow and minor child of a decedent is one of the highest charges against his estate. The period for which this support shall be continued is one year, unless the estate is to be kept together for a…
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