Byrd v. Riggs
Supreme Court of Georgia
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
- Mitchell v. ArnallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Hightower v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Weathers v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Shaw v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
3Cited by5 opinions
- Amear v. HallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Bird v. RiggsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- Byrd v. RiggsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Herrington v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- In Re Estate of BriceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007