Cagle v. Justus

Duckworth, Justice.

Where a party for a valuable consideration enters into a contract whereby he obligates himself to make a will, a failure during his lifetime to make the will according to the contract gives a right of action to enforce the terms of the contract against his estate. Napier v. Trimmier, 56 Ga. 300; Banks v. Howard, 117 Ga. 94 (43 S. E. 438); Gordon v. Spellman, 145 Ga. 682 (89 S. E. 749, Ann. Cas. 1918A, 852); Bird v. Trapnell, 147 Ga. 50 (92 S. E. 872); Hardeman v. Ellis, 162 Ga. 664, 668 (135 S. E. 195); Hankinson v. Hankinson, 168 Ga. 156 (2) (147 S. E. 106). This legal…