Legal Opinion

Byrd v. Riggs

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 13, 1953No. 18255PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. The probate of a will in solemn form, until reversed or set aside, “is conclusive upon all the parties notified.” Code, § 113-602; Redfearn on Wills, 168, 172, § 114; Weathers v. McFarland, 97 Ga. 266 (2) (22 S. E. 988); Hightower v. Williams, 104 Ga. 608 (30 S. E. 862); Mitchell v. Arnall, 203 Ga. 384 (2) (47 S. E. 2d, 258).

2. Accordingly, the averments of the amended caveat — to the effect that, after rendition of a judgment ordering the probate of a will in solemn form, a person who had filed a caveat to the first will offered an alleged later will for probate,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. ArnallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  2. Hightower v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Weathers v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  4. Shaw v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Amear v. HallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  2. Bird v. RiggsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
  3. Byrd v. RiggsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  4. Herrington v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  5. In Re Estate of BriceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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