Legal Opinion

Jones v. Grogan

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 12, 1896PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal! Before Judge Reese. Elbert superior court. March term, 1895.

1Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, Justice.

A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of George W. Dye was propounded for probate in solemn form, and a caveat was filed by some of Ms heirs at law. *554The case was tried on an appeal to the. superior court from the court of ordinary, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the will.

1. One of the grounds of the caveat was that the paper was executed under a mistake of fact as to the conduct of Martin Dye, a brother of the testator, the caveat declaring that George W. Dye had “expressed himself as being unwilling to' provide for” this brother as the condition of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rollwagen v. . RollwagenNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  2. Jackson ex dem. Coe v. KniffenNew York Supreme Court · 1806
  3. Mallery v. YoungSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  4. McLean v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Saliba v. SalibaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  2. Underwood v. ThurmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  3. Rea v. PursleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  4. Glenn v. MannSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Harper v. HarperSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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