Legal Opinion

Odom v. Hughes

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 11, 2013No. S13A0218PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Justice.

Barbara Ann Odom (“Odom”), propounder of a purported will of Louise Huether Burton (“Testator”), appeals from a judgment sustaining a caveat to the will, entered after a jury found that the propounded will was invalid due to lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, fraud, or monomania. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Construed to support the verdict, the evidence showed that Testator was married to Charles Richard Burton and had three children, Odom, Jeanette Hughes (“Hughes”), and Bobby Burton (“Burton”). She also had two grandchildren, Aimee Odom (“Aimee”), *448who…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Cochran v. McCollumSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Bailey v. EdmundsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  3. Building Associates, Inc. v. CriderCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  4. Falanga v. Kirschner & Venker, P.C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Patterson-Fowlkes v. ChanceySupreme Court of Georgia · 2012

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