Legal Opinion
Dukes v. Joyner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 2, 1975No. 29856PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
Annie Dukes sought to probate an alleged nuncupative will of her son, Otis Coleman Sumler, in the Court of Ordinary (now Probate Court) of Ben Hill County. One of the sons of the deceased filed a caveat to the probate of the will. The ordinary found that the propounder had failed to prove the essential elements of a nuncupative will, and sustained the caveat. The propounder appealed to the superior court.
The caveator filed a motion to dismiss the appeal and for judgment on the pleadings on the following grounds: (1) The appeal from the ordinary to the superior court was not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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