Legal Opinion
McVay v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 22, 1965No. 23113PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
Exceedingly capable counsel on both sides have reduced this otherwise complicated case- to a sharp focus upon the decisive questions involved. That beneficiaries can agree amongst themselves to a distribution different from that in the trust instrument or will, and such an agreement is valid and binding upon all parties thereto is settled law. Hatcher v. Cade, 55 Ga. 359; Bailey v. Ross, 66 Ga. 354; 57 Am. Jur. 653, Wills, §§ 1005 — 1009. See also on the subject of the law favoring family settlements, Code § 20-1205; Folds v. Folds, 187 Ga. 463, 466 (1 SE2d 4); Cagle…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- McCann v. Glynn Lumber CompanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Torrance v. McDougaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
- Fields v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Mayor of Savannah v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Simpson v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Knott v. KnottSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Foshee v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- Azzouz v. Prime Pediatrics, P.C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
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