Legal Opinion
Lester v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 12, 1963No. 22057, 22058PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Presiding Justice.
Millard Copeland, Jr., filed a petition against Mary Jackson, as executrix of the will of Janie Copeland, deceased, and Bannie Mae Lester, a devisee under the will, seeking specific performance of an alleged contract to make a will devising to the petitioner all of the property of the deceased. On the former appearance of the case in this court it was held that the petition did not state a cause of action, and the judgment of the trial court overruling the general demurrers to the petition was reversed. Jackson v. Copeland, 217 Ga. 420 (122 SE2d 573).
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