Legal Opinion

Citizens & Southern National Bank v. Martin

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 9, 1980No. 36194, 36197PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jordan, Presiding Justice.

These are interlocutory cross-appeals from the denials of summary judgment to the plaintiff widow and to the defendant executor.

Plaintiff, sole heir at law and widow of the testator, sued the executor seeking a declaratory judgment setting aside her husband’s will as being violative of Georgia’s mortmain statute, Code Ann. § 113-107. On the first appearance of this case (Citizens &c. Nat. Bank v. Martin, 244 Ga. 522 (260 SE2d 909) (1979)), this court held that the *285will did come within the provisions of the statute because the will had been republished by codicil 67…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Clark v. LeverettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
  2. Crisp County Lumber Co. v. BridgesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Griffin v. FlemingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  4. Citizens & Southern National Bank v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. Stevens v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Martin v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  2. Clark v. ChildsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984

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