Pope v. Pope
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeal, etc. Before Judge Lumpkin. Pulton superior court.. March term, 1894. Charles W. Pope as executor offered for probate the will of Thomas T. Pope.
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Appeal, etc. Before Judge Lumpkin. Pulton superior court.. March term, 1894. Charles W. Pope as executor offered for probate the will of Thomas T. Pope. Mrs. Martha J. Pope, widow of the deceased, T. U. Vaughn and others, children of a deceased daughter of T. T. Pope, and G. V. Pierce and others, children of another deceased daughter of T. T. Pope, eaveated the will, upon the grounds that he was non compos mentis; that the will was procured by C. "V., J. T. and Neal Q. Pope, three of the sons of T. T. Pope, when T. T. Pope was very ill and knew nothing about what was going on around him; and…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Chief Justice.
T. T. Pope died July 20th, 1891, leaving an estate consisting mainly of realty, valued at upwards of $20,-000. By a will dated May 14th, 1891, he gave $800 to his wife, Martha J. Pope, in lieu of dower, $500 to the children of his deceased daughter, Mrs. Yaughn, and $500 to the children of another deceased daughter, Mrs. Pierce; and the residue of his estate was to be divided equally between his surviving sons and daughters and one grandchild. By a codicil dated May 25th, 1891, the share of one of his daughters, who had died subsequently to the date of the will, was…
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