Legal Opinion
Evans v. Abney
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 5, 1968No. 24782PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
This appeal is from an order of Bibb Superior Court which held that a trust created by Senator A. 0. Bacon in his will dated March 28, 1911, providing for a park in the City of Macon, to be called Baconsfield, for the benefit of “white women, white girls, white boys and white children of the City of Macon,” had failed and the property would revert by operation of law to the heirs at law of Senator Bacon.
The litigation was commenced in May, 1963, when Charles E. Newton and others, as members of the Board of Managers of Baconsfield, brought a petition against the City of Macon,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Evans v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smith v. DuBoseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Bennett v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Evans v. NewtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Evans v. AbneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Eschen v. RoneyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
- Trammell v. ElliottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Colin McK. Grant Home v. MedlockCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986
- Eschen v. RoneyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
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