Legal Opinion
Payne v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 8, 1973No. 28341PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fulton County declaring unconstitutional the statute authorizing a year’s support out of the estate of a deceased for the benefit of his widow, or widow and minor child or children, or child or children, upon the ground that the notice provisions to interested parties is insufficient. Ga. L. 1959, pp. 136, 139 (Code Ann. § 113-1002).
A caveat to the application for a year’s support was filed by an adult daughter and daughter-in-law of the deceased. The record discloses that the attorney for the caveatrices knew of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Plymouth Coal Co. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Southern Railway Co. v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Plumb v. ChristieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Cooper v. RollinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Reid v. Mayor of EatontonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Allan v. AllanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Palazzi v. Estate of GardnerOhio Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. RaybonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Smith v. Gwinnett CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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