Legal Opinion

Holland v. Bell

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 13, 1918No. 573PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from probate of will. Before Judge Eve. Worth superior court. July 27, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.

The will of Miss Mary Jane Whaley was propounded for probate in solemn form. Mrs. Martha A. Bell, the *278sister of the testatrix, was her- sole heir at law. The will named Mrs. Alma B. Holland, one of the daughters of Mrs. M. A. Bell, as sole devisee. It was executed on June 4, 1914, and the testatrix died in the latter part of that year. The property owned by the testatrix at the time of her death consisted of a half undivided interest in 137 acres of land. B. A. Bell, the husband of Mrs. Martha A. Bell, conveyed the 137 acres of land to Mrs. Bell and the testatrix in 1895, upon the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Franklin v. BeltSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  2. Griffin v. Working Women's Home Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Northwestern University v. CrispSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  2. Olliff v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  3. Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  4. Dyer v. SoutherSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  5. Knox v. KnoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957

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