Article Title
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
This article presents a historical account of the state of Georgia's 1926 suit to recover a colonial will which had been an item of commerce for some 50 years at the time of the court proceedings. Ultimately, Georgia was unable to prove that the will was a state record. The state’s result can been seen as part of a larger pattern indicating that replevin is not consistently effective in recovering documents lacking conclusive evidence of long-standing public custody.
Recommended Citation
Speer, Ryan,
"The Case of the Stanly Will,"
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
33
no.
2
(2016)
.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/vol33/iss2/10