Legal Opinion
Hill v. Hill
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 24, 1927No. 17396PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
1. Where an estate being administered under a will is kept together for a longer period than twelve months by a suit of the executor for the construction of the will (Hill v. Hill, 161 Ga. 356, 130 S. E. 575), and not by any fault of the testator’s widow, the widow, if there are no debts, will ordinarily be entitled to support from the estate for each year that it is thus kept together. Civil Code (1910), § 4042; Edenfield v. Edenfield, 131 Ga. 571 (130 S. E. 575); Kennedy v. Paulk, 133 Ga. 401 (65 S. E. 852); Woodbridge v. Woodbridge, 70 Ga. 733.
2. Where a widow consumed property of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Fulghum v. FulghumSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Hill v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Woodbridge v. WoodbridgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Wood v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- State v. PowersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Johnson v. City of BlackshearSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Crummey v. CrummeyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
- Johnson v. City of BlackshearSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Radford v. BetheaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932