Legal Opinion
Rigby v. Powell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 5, 1974No. 29039PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
This is an appeal from the order of the trial court dated April 24, 1974, granting the appellees’ motion to dismiss and for summary judgment.
Appellant, Ralph A. Rigby, and Doris Wynn were married in 1957 and lived together as husband and wife until her death in Lowndes County, Georgia on September 16, 1971. Both had children by previous marriages and the appellees are the two sons of Doris Wynn Rigby by a previous marriage. Anthony Powell, named as executor of his mother’s will, petitioned the Court of Ordinary of Lowndes County for the probate in solemn form of the will of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Salmon v. McCrarySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Dowling v. DoyleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
- Clements v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Zachos v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Wood v. IsomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- McLendon v. PriestSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Jordan v. Atlanta Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
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