Wells v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Presiding Justice.
Naomi Brown executed a will on February 24, 1992, and died on October 22, 1993. When that will was offered for probate, appellants filed a caveat contending, among other things, that the writing offered for probate had been revoked by “obvious erasures” made in a para graph of the will. The probate court found the writing offered for probate met the requirements of OCGA § 53-2-40 and admitted it to probate in solemn form. The caveators filed an appeal in superior court, which granted summary judgment to the propounders after finding as a matter of law that there had…
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