Legal Opinion

Worsham v. Ligon

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 19, 1916PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from probate of will. Before Judge Mathews. Bibb superior court. January 30, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.

H. A. Mettauor was born in Prince Edward county, Virginia, in 1827. In early manhood he located in Macon, Bibb county, Georgia, and there pursued the vocation of a practitioner of medicine for about fifty years. He never married. About nine or ten years before his death, which occurred on October 25, 1913, it was his custom to spend his summers in Virginia and his winters in Georgia. During this period of time he pur*708chased the old homestead of his father in Prince Edward county, Virginia, and about four years before his death, while in Virginia,. he executed what purported to be his last will…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Frost & Dickinson v. BrisbinNew York Supreme Court · 1837
  2. Hairston v. HairstonMississippi Supreme Court · 1854
  3. Ringgold v. BarleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
  4. Ross v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  5. Moore v. PennellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1862

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Avery v. BowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  2. Bass v. BassSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
  3. Patterson v. PattersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  4. Denny v. Sumner CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Henderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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