147 Ga. 695 | Ga. | 1918
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The rulings to which exceptions are taken revolve around the main and controlling question in the case, namely, whether Mrs. Meetze and Mrs. Daniel were the real, equitable owners of the estate of W. B. Meetze and were conducting the business which had been carried on by the intestate in his lifetime through their manager or agent, W. K. Daniel, who was also the administrator of the estate of W. B. Meetze; and whether Mrs. Meetze and Mrs. Daniel are responsible for the money borrowed by Daniel to run the business, and for which Daniel gave to the plaintiff notes secured by cotton, etc. There were four heirs of the estate of W. B. Meetze. One otthem, Will Meetze, sold his interest to the other three heirs, which eliminates him. In an amendment to the petition it was alleged that another heir, Earl D. Meetze, a minor (who arrived at age pending this litigation), had been settled with by his guardian, W. K. Daniel; and on the trial the court directed a verdict in favor of the minor, who is also protected by the decree as to his interest, whatever that is. So the only other heirs interested in the litigation and in the estate are Mrs. Meetze and Mrs. Daniel. The
Judgment affirmed.