Legal Opinion
Citizens Bank v. Citizens & So. Bank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 11, 1925No. 4617PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
The assent of the executor to a devise of land may be either express or implied. Such assent may be presumed from the conduct of the executor. Civil Code (1910), § 3896; Jordan v. Thornton, 7 Ga. 517; Parker v. Chambers, 24 Ga. 518; Thursby v. Myers, 57 Ga. 155. When the devisees and executors are the same persons, and the devisees dispose of the land in their individual capacity, the assent of the executors to the legacy will be presumed. Thursby v. Myers, supra; Vanzant v. Bigham, 76 Ga. 759; Belt v. Gay, 142 Ga. 366 (82 S. E. 1071). The assent given to a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Merck v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co. of London, Ltd.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Trentor v. PothenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Watkins v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Jordan v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Hess v. ConwaySupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Alonzo Wimberly Jenkins, Jr., as Executors Under the Will of Martha O. Jenkins, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Lewis v. PattersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- McGahee v. McGaheeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Atlantic Company v. FarrisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Miller v. Harris CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
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