Hooks v. Brown
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Littlejohn. Lee superior court. October 14, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
On the 17th of May, 1889, Y. A. Clegg, of Lee county, Ga., executed before witnesses a paper which purported to be his last will and testament. He died on the 23d of that month, leaving as his sole surviving heir at law a daughter, Mrs. Susan Elizabeth Hooks. On May 27 she applied for and obtained tern*123porary letters- of administration upon his estate, and on the same clay qualified and gave bond as temporary administratrix. Three days later, J. M. McBride filed in the court of ordinary an application to be allowed to probate in common form the instrument purporting to be the will of V. A.…
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