Legal Opinion
Clements v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 16, 1928No. 6631PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
• (After stating the foregoing facts.)
Mutual wills are those which contain reciprocal provisions, giving the separate property of each testator to the other. 28 R. C. L. 166, § 122; 1 Schouler on Wills (6th ed.), § 716; Walker v. Walker, 14 Ohio St. 157 (82 Am. D. 474); Carle v. Miles, 89 Kan. 540 (132 Pac. 146, Ann. Cas. 1915A, 363); Bright v. Cox, 147 Ga. 474 (94 S. E. 572). These wills are specifically recognized by our law. They “may be made either separately or jointly, and in such case the revocation of one is the destruction of the other.” Civil Code, § 3830. Mutual wills, with a…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Edson v. . ParsonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Frazier v. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Carmichael v. CarmichaelMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
- Baker v. SyfrittSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Larrabee v. PorterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Plemmons v. PembertonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
- Lampkin v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Maurer v. JohanssonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1937
- Rigby v. PowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- In Re Estate of MillerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960
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