Legal Opinion
Powell v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 10, 1966No. 23367PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Presiding Justice.
This is a proceeding which Mrs. Bessie McLeod Watkins and the Citizens & Southern National Bank as the legal representatives of Dr. Edgar W. Watkins’ estate brought in the Superior Court of Gilmer County fox construction of his will, including a codicil, and for distribution directions. The will and codicil dispose of a large estate. By Item 4 of his will, the testator created several trust estates. Trust No. 6 of that item is a bequest of $50,000 to named trustees who were authorized by the testator to use all of it for the purpose of helping finance the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hungerford v. Trust Co. of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Terry v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Johnson v. FolsomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Royston v. WattsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
- Atchison v. HallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Piccione v. ArpSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
- PICCIONE v. ARP, Exr.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2017
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