Thomas v. Payne
Thomas v. Payne
Opinion of the Court
Judgment reversed.
The issue between Thomas as plaintiff, and W. IT. Payne, executor of T. J. Payne, as defendant, as to certain charges and expenses which Thomas claimed as co-executor with "W. H. Payne on the estate of T. J. Payne, was submitted to the judge below without the intervention of a jury. The court held that Thomas was entitled to $2 per day, $34 in all, for going outside to (of) Catoosa county to attend to the business of the estate, but was not entitled to pay for his services or his expenses in going from his home in counties to which he had been sent as minister of the gospel, to the county of Catoosa on business of the estate. To the portion of the decision refusing Thomas compensation and expenses as stated, he excepted. The pleadings were not sent up, it being stated in the hill of exceptions that no part of the pleadings threw any light on the question at issue.
The testimony introduced by plaintiff was, in substance : Thomas was a minister of the M. E. Church, South, at the time of his marriage to the daughter of testator in November, 1877, and before, but was at that time resting on account of ill health. Testator requested him to act as one of the executors, which he finally agreed to do after being urged by testator. Testator knew that he was a minister and member of the North Georgia Conference. Thomas lived in Catoosa county in the years 1878 and 1879, and was sent as pastor to various places without that county for the years following up to
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