Legal Opinion
Knox v. Knox
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 12, 1957No. 19886PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hawkins, Justice.
Mrs. Lena B. Knox, at age 81, executed a will on June 29, 1951, leaving all of her estate to six of her nine children in equal parts. Her entire estate consisted of a sixty-percent individual interest in ten apartment houses and two small lots adjacent thereto, all located in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The children named as beneficiaries in the will were Mrs. T. M. (Lena) Cassels, Mrs. Suzanne Knox Sheppard (Shepherd), Mrs. C. W. (Evelyn) Powell, Fitzhugh Knox, (Jr.), Olmstead Knox, and John (S.) Knox. The other three children named in the will but not made…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Adler v. AdlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- Griffin v. BarrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Evans v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Dyar v. DyarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Whitfield v. PittsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Halpern v. StricklandCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
- Hancock v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
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