Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Lampkin

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 20, 1965No. 23133PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review rulings made by the Court of Appeals in Edwards v. Lampkin, 112 Ga. App. 128 (144 SE2d 119), wherein it was held that the notice to the nearest relatives of an alleged mental incompetent, required by Code Ann. § 49-604, was insufficient. Upon further consideration we have reached the conclusion that the rulings therein made are correct; hence the judgment of the Court of Appeals is

Affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Mobley, J., not participating for providential cause. Nicholas P. Chilivis, Erwin, Birchmore & Epting, Robert E. Gibson,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Edwards v. LampkinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  2. Hawes v. BigbieCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  3. Cofer v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  4. Johnson v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Wilson v. JamesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990

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