Gordon v. Spellman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Meldrim. Chatham superior court. September 15, 1917. This was a suit for specific performance and other equitable relief, and was brought by Mary Ann Spellman against George Gordon, Pearl Gordon, and H. D. D. Twiggs. The last named was made defendant in the capacity of executor of tbe will of Mrs. Mary Graeife.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Meldrim. Chatham superior court. September 15, 1917. This was a suit for specific performance and other equitable relief, and was brought by Mary Ann Spellman against George Gordon, Pearl Gordon, and H. D. D. Twiggs. The last named was made defendant in the capacity of executor of tbe will of Mrs. Mary Graeife. It appears that Mrs. Graeffe owned certain property in the City of Savannah on the southeast corner of Montgomery and Huntingdon Streets, on which was bnilt her residence, and a vacant lot adjoining the residence. She also owned certain other real…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the facts.) 1. There was no error in overruling the motion in arrest of judgment. In the decision of the case when it was here before (145 Ga. 682, 89 S. E. 749, Ann. Cas. 1918A, 852) it was said by Presiding Justice Evans: “It was said by Mr. Justice Cobb in Banks v. Howard, 117 Ga. 94 (43 S. E. 438): ‘Contracts under which one of the contracting parties agrees with the other, for a valuable consideration, that he will make a will giving to the other property, either real or personal, have been sustained and enforced in America from the earliest times; and the validity of such…
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- Banks v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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- Gordon v. SpellmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
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