180 Ga. 327 | Ga. | 1935
W. E. Pierce, a resident of Gwinnett County, Georgia, died leaving three minor children, his wife being
Under the facts of this case the creditors were not entitled to the fund in question. The judgment should have been in favor of the children, and the fund paid to them under the judgment awarding them $1000 as a year’s support. It is true that in Odom v. Hoppendeitzel, 153 Ga. 20 (supra), it was held: “A judgment of the court of ordinary allowing a year’s support for the family of a de
This principle has been emphasized in the opinion in Rakestraw v. Rakestraw, 70 Ga. 806, where it was said: “Our law provides, as necessary expenses of administration and to be preferred before all other debts, a provision for the support of the family, whether the person whose estate is being administered die testate or intestate, solvent or insolvent. Code [1882], § 2571. So it seems that it is the policy of our law to provide for the support of the widow and minor children, the family of a deceased person, and the courts should, in all proper ways, forward and carry out this policy.” And numerous other cases decided by this court could be cited, emphasizing the same idea. It is unnecessary to quote from other cases, but we call attention to the strong language employed by Chief Justice Bleckley in Farris v. Battle, 80 Ga. 187 (7 S. E. 262). In view of our statute (Code of 1910, § 4041), fixing the status of the widow and minor children relative to a year’s support, and the authorities cited above, we are of the opinion that the court erred in the judgment rendered.
Judgment reversed.