Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Addie Etoy Harris

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 27, 1983No. 40069PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Weltner, Justice.

The propounder appeals from judgment of the superior court sustaining the caveat to the last will and testament of Addie Etoy Harris.

1. Testamentary capacity was at issue before the jury. A subscribing witness, testifying for the propounder, was asked whether the testatrix was “of sound and disposing mind and memory” when the instrument was executed. The witness responded, “Yes, I think she was.” The court then sustained an objection by the caveatrix that the question — already asked and answered — “calls for a conclusion, which is the very issue that this Court is to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Scott v. GibsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
  2. Smoot v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Reid v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  4. Bailey v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  5. Tinnerman v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Horton v. HortonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. McAlpine v. LeveilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988

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