Legal Opinion
Carter v. First United Methodist Church
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 17, 1980No. 36411PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Justice.
The caveator, Luther Reynolds Carter, appeals from judgment entered in the superior court in behalf of the propounder, First United Methodist Church, admitting to probate, as the will of Mildred C. Tipton, an instrument bearing the date of August 21, 1963.
The 1963 instrument, typed and signed in the form of and purporting to be the last will and testament of Mildred C. Tipton, was found among Mrs. Tipton’s other personal papers in her dining room chest after her death on February 14, 1979. It was folded together with a handwritten instrument dated May 22,1978, captioned as…
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