Legal Opinion

Little v. Sugg

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 28, 1942No. 8 Div. 120PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court which sustained a contest of the alleged will of one Charles R. Burgess, and denied the petition to probate it as such. The trial was had by a jury and the judgment was in accordance with the verdict of the jury.

By the terms of the will, decedent bequeathed all his property to a sister, Agnes Burgess Little, except one dollar to a brother and one dollar to another sister. The contest was filed by the sister to whom one dollar was bequeathed, and the children of another sister who was then deceased.

The issue of fact to…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Coghill v. KennedySupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  2. Burney v. TorreySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Peterson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  4. Wear v. WearSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  5. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Johnson Publishing Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. Pruitt v. PruittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  3. Starr v. StarrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  4. Montgomery City Lines, Inc. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  5. Allen v. SconyersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995

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