Legal Opinion · Dissent

Corontzes v. Trapalis

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided August 29, 1972No. 19476Published

1DissentMoss, Chief Justice

Heretofore I prepared an opinion affirming the judgment of the lower court. A majority of the Court has taken the opposite view; that opinion is herewith filed as my dissent.

Helen C. Corontzes, the respondent herein, brought this equitable action for specific performance of an alleged oral contract to make a will, which she entered into with her uncle George J. Carabatsos, now deceased.

The respondent, in her complaint, alleges that George Carabatsos and his wife, Stavroula G. Carabatsos, offered to. her and her family that if she would come to the United States and care for them, that they…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Tigglebeck v. RussellOregon Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Maddox v. RoweSupreme Court of Georgia · 1857
  3. Young v. LevySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1945
  4. Kerr v. KennedySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
  5. Caulder Ex Rel. Estate of Caulder v. Knox Ex Rel. Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1968

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