Legal Opinion

Gilmore v. Gilmore

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 6, 1944No. 14714PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wyatt, Justice.

A construction of the will of George W. Gilmore will determine as to the correctness of the trial judge’s ruling on the general demurrer. The plaintiff contends that the remainder interest in the estate, upon the termination of the life-estate, was contingent 'both as to person and as to event, and that because of the elimination by codicil of Thomas W. Gilmore and his heirs as beneficiaries under the will, and because of the deaths of Alex C. Gilmore and John D. Gilmore without leaving child or children or descendants thereof surviving them, while she, the life-tenant, is…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Smith T. v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  2. Sumpter v. CarterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Thomas v. OwensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  4. Taylor v. SuttonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
  5. Olmstead v. DunnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Hussey v. HusseyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  2. Armstrong v. MertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  3. Woodruff v. Trust Co. of Ga.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  4. Central Carolina Bank & Trust Company v. BassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  5. Witcher v. WitcherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973

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