Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Addison

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 9, 1938No. 12628PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Justice.

This case came before this court by writ of certiorari from the Court of Appeals. That court held that minor children, whose father predeceased their mother, are not entitled to a year’s support from the estate of their mother who died intestate leaving in life a second husband and a minor child by the second husband. 58 Ga. App. 515 (199 S. E. 236). The *757correctness of that holding is the question for decision by this court. Mrs. Nora M. Addison died intestate in 1937, survived by her husband, It. E. Addison, their minor son, Samuel Miller Addison, and three minor children…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Farris v. BattleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  2. Wood v. WoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
  3. Swain v. StewartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
  4. Grant v. SosebeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
  5. Marshall v. Macon Sash, Door & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1898

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Chapin v. CummingsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  2. Gentry v. BlackSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Smith v. SandersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  4. Riggs v. PratherCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  5. Matthews v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941

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