Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 58Edward O. Jenkins, 1878 |
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... returned to the estate : " Held , that construing the two items together , the testator intended that should his granddaughter die before the close of his estate , the legacy lapsed , but if she lived to that time , the money was to be ...
... returned to the estate : " Held , that construing the two items together , the testator intended that should his granddaughter die before the close of his estate , the legacy lapsed , but if she lived to that time , the money was to be ...
Page 33
... returned to the testator's estate . The court overruled the demurrer , and the defendant excepted . The main question presented by the record and bill of ex- ceptions in this case for our judgment , is as to the proper con- struction to ...
... returned to the testator's estate . The court overruled the demurrer , and the defendant excepted . The main question presented by the record and bill of ex- ceptions in this case for our judgment , is as to the proper con- struction to ...
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... returned to the estate . By the third item of his will , the testator gave the bulk of his property to his wife during her life , and at her death directed it to be sold and equally divided between her chil- dren and this was to be the ...
... returned to the estate . By the third item of his will , the testator gave the bulk of his property to his wife during her life , and at her death directed it to be sold and equally divided between her chil- dren and this was to be the ...
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... returned by the sheriff with the entry of nulla bona thereon , dated 3d of April , 1876 , that said Gilbert , as the head of a family , had set apart to him as a homestead exemption , all the property he owned . On the 4th of October ...
... returned by the sheriff with the entry of nulla bona thereon , dated 3d of April , 1876 , that said Gilbert , as the head of a family , had set apart to him as a homestead exemption , all the property he owned . On the 4th of October ...
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... returned between daylight and sunrise , it was not error to charge : " Gentle- men , look to the proof ; you have heard what it was , and if the proof satisfies you it was done in the night , and if you find from the testi- mony that ...
... returned between daylight and sunrise , it was not error to charge : " Gentle- men , look to the proof ; you have heard what it was , and if the proof satisfies you it was done in the night , and if you find from the testi- mony that ...
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Page 32 - I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Caroline Sellick, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), to be used and enjoyed by her during her life and at her death to be equally divided between my nephew, Arthur F. Sellick, and my niece, Gertrude Sellick.
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