136 Ga. 756 | Ga. | 1911
1. J. F. Pruett died on May 12th, 1909, leaving a widow and several children by a former marriage. The widow sought to have dower assigned out of certain land, which the children resisted on the ground that the property had been conveyed to them by Pruett before his death. The instrument relied on as a conveyance of the property was dated August 21st, 1908, but was not recorded until after the death of Pruett. It was in the form of a warranty deed, and recited, among
2. The evidence introduced upon the trial was insufficient, under any view, to authorize a finding that the land was the property of J. F. Pruett at the time of his death, and there was no error in directing a verdict against the applicant for dower.
Judgment affirmed.