Case Name: Heard, administrator, v. Kenney, guardian
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1917-04-12
Citations: 146 Ga. 719
Docket Number: 
Parties: Heard, administrator, v. Kenney, guardian.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 719–719

Head Matter:
Heard, administrator, v. Kenney, guardian.
April 12, 1917.
Claim. Before Judge Brand. Oconee superior court. October 6, 1916.
J. Thomas Heard, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
"When a man dies intestate, leaving a widow and children, the title to his realty vests in the latter, subject only to the former's right to take a child's part or have dower assigned therein; and unless it affirmatively appears that, within the time prescribed by law, she elected to take a child's part, no presumption will arise that she ever had any vested estate in fee in such realty." Snipes v. Parker, 98 Ga. 522 (25 S. E. 580); Hanvy v. Moore, 140 da. 691 (79 S. E. 772). Applying the principle above stated, there was no error, under uncontradieted evidence, in directing a verdict for the claimant.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.