Legal Opinion
Echols v. Bridges
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 13, 1977No. 32059PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bowles, Justice.
The appeal to this court is from the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County entering judgment, probating in solemn form the will of Pearl E. Watkins, deceased, based on an application to probate by J. P. Bridges, the named executor. The judgment was based on a jury verdict following the trial of the case in the superior court, which had been appealed from the probate court of that county.
The sole issue raised by the appeal is whether or not the superior court judge erred when it limited the jury on their consideration of the case to the issue of whether Pearl Watkins, at the time…
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