Legal Opinion
Hancock v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 17, 1931No. 7896PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
On July 11, 1923, Mattie F. Edwards executed her will. By the third item thereof she directed that her executors sell all of her property as soon as it was to the best interest of the estate, but not to be unnecessarily delayed. The fourth item of this will is as follows: “As soon as said property is reduced to cash by being sold as above indicated and whatever money I may have on hand at the time of my death be divided among the following parties, in the following manner: to I. G. Dorsey, one eighth (1/8) of my entire estate; to J. S. Dorsey one eighth of my entire estate; to the *788heirs,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Crawley v. KendrickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- White v. RowlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Ruggles v. RandallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Toucher v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Willis v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Armstrong Junior College Commission v. LiveseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Johnson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Landrum v. National City Bank of RomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- Veal v. KingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Baker v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
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