Supreme Court of Georgia, 1871

Walker v. Walker

Walker v. Walker
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 15, 1871 · Warner
42 Ga. 135

Counsel

Cabaniss & Peeples, for plaintiff in error, said William Walker’s appointment was void:, A. D. Hammond by A. M. Speer, for defendant.

Walker v. Walker

Opinion of the Court

Warner, J.

The charge of the Court to the .jury as applicable to guardians and trustees, under the general law of this State, who are required to pay interest on the funds in their hands, was in substance a legal charge; but as applicable to the statement of facts contained in the record of this case, it was error, inasmuch as it was clearly the intention of the testator by his will to secure the payment of the principal sum ber queathed to his grand-children on their becoming of age, in any event.

Let the judgment of the Court below be reversed.

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