Legal Opinion
Orton v. Cheatham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 27, 1975No. SC 889PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHORES, Justice.
Mrs. Lonia Violet Gay died in Houston, Texas, on May 14, 1973. She left surviving her three children, Helen Gay Cheat-ham, Betty Gay Orton, and Truman Gay.
On May 22, 1973, Betty Gay Orton filed a petition to probate a will of Mrs. Gay in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, which petition alleged that, at the time of the death of Mrs. Gay, she was an inhabitant of Jefferson County, Alabama.
To this petition, Helen Gay Cheatham filed a plea in abatement contending that the Probate Court of Jefferson County lacked jurisdiction to probate the will of Mrs. Gay, in that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ambrose v. VandefordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Beasley v. HowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Wyatt's Adm'r v. SteeleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- White v. HilbishSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- McDonnell v. FarrowSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
3Cited by6 opinions
- Martin v. ClarkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Grimes v. Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Jackson v. Pleasant Grove Health Care CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Attenta, Inc. v. CalhounSupreme Court of Alabama · 2012
- Mohabbat v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.