Edenfield v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Georgia
Probate of will. Before Judge Rawlings. Emanuel superior court. September 4, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. On the trial before a jury of an issue of devisavit vel non, the burden in the first instance is upon the propounder of the alleged will to make out a prima facie case by showing the factum of the will, and that at the time of its execution the testator apparently had sufficient mental capacity to make it, and in making it acted freely and voluntarily. Credille v. Credille, 123 Ga. 673 (51 S. E. 628) ; Slaughter v. Heath, 127 Ga. 747 (57 S. E. 69, 27 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1) ; Oxford v. Oxford, 136 Ga. 589 (71 S. E. 883). But where the only grounds of caveat were: [a) “fraudulent practices upon…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Oxford v. OxfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
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