Moore v. Moore

Grice, Presiding Justice.

The basic issue here is whether a grantee’s interest in a deed was forfeited by a statute (Ga. L. 1959, pp. 299, 300; Code Ann. § 113-909) which denies the right of inheritance to one who kills another through malice. For related cases involving the same homicide, see Moore v. Moore, 225 Ga. 340 (168 SE2d 318); Moore v. Moore, 228 Ga. 489 (186 SE2d 531).

This issue is involved in litigation commenced in the Superior Court of Dodge County by Raymond Moore and others as sole heirs of John L. Moore against Mary W. Moore, Jennings Wright and James Alligood, Jr. The…