Legal Opinion

Dibble v. Currier

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 18, 1914PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Probate of will. Before Judge Ellis. Pulton superior court. November 13, 1913.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

A will was propounded and a caveat filed by the heirs of the decedent. The case was carried from the court of ordinary to the superior court by appeal. The grounds of the caveat as amended, which set up monomania and mistake of fact on the part of the testatrix, were stricken on demurrer, and a verdict for the propounder was directed. The case turns on the striking of the grounds of the caveat.

1. The medico-legal discussions of monomania as distinguished from prejudice, animosity, ill will, bad judgment, drawing conclusions from insufficient premises or erroneous conclusions from facts —all…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bohler v. HicksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Franklin v. BeltSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  3. Young v. MallorySupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  4. Hall v. UngerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of California · 1867

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Brumbelow v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  2. Callan Court Co. v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  3. Dyar v. DyarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  4. Whitfield v. PittsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  5. Hooper v. Stokes, as Exr.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933

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