Legal Opinion

Smoot v. Alexander

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 14, 1939No. 12664PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. Tbe exception is to a judgment refusing a motion for a new trial complaining of the verdict sustaining a caveat to an alleged will offered for probate in solemn form.

2. What is mental capacity to make a will is a question of law. On the trial of an issue of dovisavit vel- non, whether the alleged testatrix had mental capacity to make a will at the time of signing the paper is a question for decision by the jury, and a witness can not testify as to such legal conclusion. Travelers Insurance Co. v. Thornton, 119 Ga. 455 (46 S. E. 678); Slaughter v. Heath, 127 Ga.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Brown v. MitchellTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Slaughter v. HeathSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  3. Potts v. HouseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
  4. Travelers Insurance v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  5. Thompson v. DavitteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  2. Jones v. HogansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  3. Morgan v. BellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  4. Smith v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  5. Scott v. GibsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942

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