Moore v. Moore

Weltner, Justice.

Alice Moore filed suit in Hancock County for specific performance of a contract. She named as defendants two nonresidents of Georgia: her son Douglas Moore and her daughter-in-law Frances Moore, who is the widow of her son J. Adair Moore. Douglas Moore submitted to the court’s jurisdiction. Frances Moore was sued in her capacity as executrix of J. Adair Moore’s estate. She moved to dismiss for want of personal jurisdiction; the trial court granted her motion; and Alice Moore appeals.

The contract concerned the ownership of an interest in the estate of J. P. Moore, which…