Hill v. Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Crum. Crisp superior court. October 29, 1918. Miss Lizzie Hill filed her petition for specific performance, with an alternative prayer for damages, against Mrs. Grace Hill.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Crum. Crisp superior court. October 29, 1918. Miss Lizzie Hill filed her petition for specific performance, with an alternative prayer for damages, against Mrs. Grace Hill. The petition alleged, that J. B. Hill, the brother of the plaintiff, died on October 12, 1916, leaving an estate of real and personal property of the-approximate value of $150,000; that Mrs. Grace Hill, the wife and sole heir at law of the deceased, qualified as his administratrix on October 30, 1916, and letters of dismissal were granted to her on October 1,1917; that the plaintiff’s claim…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
(After stating the foregoing'facts.) “Contracts under which one of the contracting parties agrees with the other, for a valuable consideration, that he will make a will giving to the other property, either real or personal, have been sustained and enforced in America from the earliest times, and the validity of such contracts seems now to be beyond all doubt.” Banks v. Howard, 117 Ga. 94, 96 (48 S. E. 438), and authorities there cited. Likewise, the validity of contracts under which one of the contracting parties agrees with the other, for a valuable consideration, to make provision for the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miller v. CottenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- Babcock Bros. Lumber Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Banks v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Pair v. PairSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
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