Legal Opinion
Pope v. Stanley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 19, 1947No. 15766PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The ruling announced in the first headnote does not require elaboration.
“All property, both real and personal, being assets to pay. debts, no devise or legacy passes the title until the assent of the executor is given to such devise or legacy.” Code, § 113-801. “The assent of the executor to a legacy to the tenant for life inures to the benefit of the remainderman. Remainderman, at the termination of the life-estate, may take possession immediately. If, however, the will provides for a sale or other act to be done for the purpose of, or…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Watkins v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Whorton v. MoragneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Matson v. CroweSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Miller v. Harris CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Pound v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Alonzo Wimberly Jenkins, Jr., as Executors Under the Will of Martha O. Jenkins, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Perkins v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
- Biggers v. GladinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- CRIPPEN & LAWRENCE INVESTMENT CO., INC. v. a TRACT OF LAND BEING KNOWN AS 444 LEMON STREETSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
- Phillips v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
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