Legal Opinion
Walker v. Rowe
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 6, 1930No. 20128PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
1. Any citizen of the United States who is a resident of the State of Georgia, and who is of sound mind and good moral character and is laboring under no disability, is eligible for appointment as administrator. Civil Code (1910), §§ 3941, 3943; Mattox v. Embry, 131 Ga. 283 (2) (62 S. E. 202). The evidence in the present case raised no issue as to the qualification of either of the parties, and disclosed no occasion for the exercise of a discretion (by the ordinary in the first instance, or by the jury on appeal) as to which of two fit persons was “the one best qualified for the office”…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. GlawsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- City of Atlanta v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Dawson v. ShaveSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Mattox v. EmbrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Jackson v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Simeonides v. ZervisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- American Mutual Liability Ins. v. EllisonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Bailey v. WaldrupCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
- State v. FosterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977